Police refuse to present Fawad in LHC without written order.

Police have refused to present Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry in the Lahore High Court (LHC) without a written order.

A petition was filed in the high court, challenging Fawad Chaudhry s arrest for 'threatening' the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) members and their families. The petition was subsequently taken up by LHC's Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh. During the hearing, the court instructed police to present Fawad in court by 1:30pm.

The PTI stalwart was taken into custody in the wee hours of Wednesday after he was booked under sections 153A, 506 and 124 A of the Pakistan Penal Code on a complaint lodged by Election Commission of Pakistan Secretary Umer Hameed.

In a short media talk, the PTI...

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