Lahore, Sep 1: Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the president of former prime minister Imran Khan’s party, was on Friday rearrested by the Islamabad police, hours after the Lahore High Court ordered his release in a graft case and explicitly directing the authorities not to take him in custody in any other case, a media report said on Friday.
Elahi, 77, was released from the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday afternoon after the LHC ordered the authorities to set him free as they did not present him in the court despite clear orders, the Dawn newspaper reported.
“Former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi was taken into custody on orders of the district magistrate under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). He is being shifted to jail,” the Capital police in Islamabad said in a tweet on the platform X. Section 3 of MPO empowers the government to arrest and detain suspected persons.
On Friday morning after ordering the release of Elahi, the LHC warned the NAB against arresting Elahi in any other case. (PTI)
