LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected on Tuesday former Punjab chief minister and current PTI president Parvez Elahi’s request to stop the police from arresting him.
The orders come after the police conducted a raid at his home in Gujrat, as per a tweet by Parvez’s son Moonis. The first raid had taken place on Friday night at their family residence in Lahore, following which his other son Rasikh approached the LHC and urged the court to restrain the anti-corruption body and the police from arresting his father till the expiry of his protective bail.
During the hearing today, LHC’s Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar directed the Punjab police chief and the director general of the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) to submit a detailed report regarding the late-night raid.
Parvez’s lawyer told the court that raids were being conducted daily on the orders of the ACE and the Punjab police, and asked the court to stop authorities from arresting Parvez and registering another case against him until a detailed report was submitted.
On Friday night, the police launched an operation to arrest of Elahi, which lasted for almost eight hours with no success.
On Saturday, the Punjab police booked him on several charges including terrorism, stating that law enforcement officials were “attacked with stones, batons and petrol” during the raid.
