Islamabad (Web Desk): A district and sessions court in the federal capital on Tuesday granted a two-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) Information Secretary Raoof Hasan to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in a case related to his alleged involvement in disseminating anti-state propaganda.
The FIA initially sought a 10-day physical remand for Hasan. However, the court opted for a shorter duration, allowing investigators two days to question the PTI official.
During the hearing today, the agency's prosecutor apprised the court that a 30-day physical remand can be granted in an FIA case.
He then urged the court to hand over the PTI official to the investigative agency on a 10-day physical remand.
However, Hasan's lawyer Latif Khosa opposed the prosecutor's request for physical remand.
The court handed over Hasan and 10 other male detainees to the FIA for a 2-day physical remand, while ordering judicial remand for the arrested women, sending them to jail.
Raoof Hasan was arrested by the Islamabad police from party’s secretariat in the federal capital on Monday.
In a statement, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior said that Islamabad Police have arrested PTI leader Raoof Hassan and party Coordinator Ahmad Waqas Janjua for running an anti-state propaganda.
The spokesperson said Islamabad Police and the FIA conducted a raid on PTI's digital media wing office in light of preliminary investigation and the digital content.
However, PTI condemned the raid, accusing law enforcers of seizing affidavits from MNAs and MPAs that stand crucial for verifying party affiliations and could significantly impact the National Assembly's composition.
"It’s absolutely shameful how Islamabad Police continues to completely mock and disregard every law in this country. Law of the jungle is reigning over Pakistan!" PTI said in a statement on X.
The PTI had said police took computer and some other goods into custody as well from the party secretariat.
The party also shared footage on the X platform, showing several police vehicles and a few police personnel outside the party’s central secretariat.
