ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was taken into custody by police in Islamabad, ARY News reported.
As per details, Shah Mehmood Qureshi was arrested from Gilgit Baltistan House in Islamabad, soon after the riots erupted across Pakistan following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan in Al-Qadir Trust case.
Qureshi’s arrest was an addition to the tally as several PTI leaders including former Governor Punjab Omer Sarfraz Cheema, PTI secretary general Asad Umar and PTI Vice President Fawad Chaudhry were already apprehended by police.
Read more: Shah Mehmood Qureshi rebuts reports of his arrest
Earlier, it was reported that PTI vice-chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi was arrested as the authorities crack down on the party’s leadership amid countrywide protests.
Later, Shah Mehmood Qureshi rebutted reports of his arrest, saying that such information was being spread to create chaos.
In a statement, the former foreign minister said that a strategy of ‘spreading false information, chaos and terror’ had been adopted, warning the government of a ‘big mistake’.
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