‘PA SECRETARY ARRESTED IN ILLEGAL APPOINTMENTS CASE’: ELAHI’S SPOKESPERSON IQBAL CHAUDHRY RELEASED: Hours after he was arrested from outside a Gujranwala court, Pervaiz Elahi’s spokesperson Iqbal Chaudhry was released by the police later in the day. ‘WITC

Punjab Assembly Secretary Rai Mumtaz Hussain has been arrested by the Anti-corruption Establishment (ACE) in a case pertaining to illegal appointments in the provincial assembly, says ACE spokesperson Abdul Wahid. He said Hussain was arrested after the allegations against him were proved. “He made illegal appointments in the Punjab Assembly in collusion with Parvez Elahi,” the spokesperson added,

LAWYER LAMENTS IMPRISONMENT OF HIS CLIENT IN A LOCK-UP:

Advocate Mukhtar Ranjha, the counsel for former Punjab CM Parvez Elahi, expressed his disappointment that his client was confined to a lockup and argued that he deserved better treatment.

During a media interaction in Gujranwala, the legal counsel claimed that Pervaiz Elahi was facing pressure from the caretaker Punjab government, which was also arresting his supporters to discourage their support. The counsel emphasised that there was no evidence against his client.

PTI leader Faisal Amin Gandapur has said that the “witch hunts against political leaders and workers” would take their “toll” given that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police are already overburdened by the militancy and terrorism in the region.

Sharing fellow party member Taimur Khan Jhagra’s tweet in which he alleged his house was raided by police, Gandapur said, “Introduction of Punjab Police tactics against KP’S traditions and culture is sad.”

‘691 INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH MAY 9 VIOLENCE RELEASED’:

PTI leader Ali Awan has said that 691 out of the total 716 individuals arrested in connection to 34 alleged false cases related to the May 9 violence in Islamabad have been released.