District and Session Court in Islamabad granted a two-day physical remand of PTI leader Raoof Hassan to FIA.
The Federal Investigative Agency accuses PTI’s Information Secretary Raoof Hassan of disseminating anti-state propaganda. Arrested by the PTI Secretariat on Monday in Islamabad, and the Police presented him before the court. FIA requested the court for the physical remand of Raoof Hassan.
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“The PTI digital media centre had become a centre of international disinformation, from where anti-Pakistan propaganda is run throughout the world,” said police.
The arrest was made during the raid at the secretariat of PTI. Earlier it was rumored that Police had arrested both Barrister Gohar and Raoof Hassan. Later Islamabad Police confirmed that they had only arrested Raoof Hassan.
The operation, led by SSP Hassan Jahangir Wattoo, involved a substantial police presence surrounding the PTI headquarters in the federal capital, with female police officers participating in the raid.
The charges against the detained officials have not yet been disclosed. The PTI has condemned the arrests, calling them politically motivated.
Authorities have not provided details on the specifics of the raid or the evidence leading to the arrests.
PTI candidates have been detained and forced to denounce the party, the candidates say. Their relatives have been arrested and their homes ransacked in an effort to intimidate them, candidates, their relatives, and human rights observers say.
Officials have prevented other PTI candidates from campaigning, censored news coverage of the party, and used internet blackouts to block live-streamed speeches by PTI leaders. The dragnet has also ensnared hundreds of supporters who have been detained.