Islamabad Police arrest PTI’s Hassaan Niazi

• He said they told police that he had been bailed
• “It is a new low of police-gardi.”
• Farrukh Habib asks lawyers to launch protest

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police on Monday arrested Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) leader Hassaan Niazi from outside G-11 courts in Islamabad, Bol News reported.

Counsel Naeem Haider Panjotha said Hassaan Niazi came out of the court along him. He said they told police that he had been bailed, yet Superintendent Police Nosherwan forcibly took him away with him in the vehicle to Ramna police station.

The court has reportedly granted Niazi bail till April 3.

PTI leader Farrukh Habib, in a video message, said SP Nosherwan abducted the PTI focal person on legal affairs from outside the court despite his getting bail in all the cases. “It is a new low of police-gardi. Lawyer Hassaan Niazi who has just now been given bail by the court has been abducted,” he said asking lawyers across the country to immediately come out in protest and block the roads.

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