LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Farrukh Habib has moved Lahore High Court (LHC) against possible arrest and harassment at the hands of police.
According to details, Advocate Abuzar Salman filed a petition in Lahore High Court (LHC) on the behalf of Farrukh Habib against the possible arrest and ‘police harassment’.
The TLTP leant that in the petition, the former state minister stated that a ‘bogus’ case was registered at Ferozwala Police Station on ‘political grounds’.
He urged the High Court to bar police from harassing and arresting him, noting that he had secured an interim pre-arrest bail.
It is pertinent to mention here that a case was registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Farrukh Habib and others for ‘interfering in official affairs’ and ‘tearing uniforms of policemen’ to get Fawad Chaudhry released.
A first information report (FIR) was registered late night at Ferozewala police station on the complaint of federal police office Adeel Shaukat. The first information report (FIR) was lodged against Farrukh Habib for ‘interfering in official affairs’ and ‘tearing uniforms of policemen’. The PTI leader has been booked under sections 148, 149, 186, 225, 341, 353, and 395 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
A day later, a local court in Lahore granted interim bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader till February 16.