[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, the former Punjab chief minister and president of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was transferred from District Jail Lahore to Central Jail Adiala in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. The local administration in Lahore had issued 30-day detention orders against Elahi under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3MPO) on July 16.
He had been in police custody since June 1, initially arrested over corruption charges and subsequently released and rearrested on different charges. The transfer was carried out under tight security by Lahore Police, and upon reaching Central Jail Adiala, Elahi underwent a medical check-up before being taken to the high-security barracks.
Elahi’s transfer from Lahore to Rawalpindi has been challenged in the Lahore High Court in a petition filed by his wife, Qaisara Elahi. The petitioner has also nominated the caretaker government and other key figures as respondents in the petition.
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The application contends that Elahi has been granted bail in all cases and that an appeal has been filed with the Punjab government seeking his release, a decision on which is still pending.
She further alleged that Elahi was transferred from Lahore by “unidentified persons to an unknown location”. In the petition, it was requested that Parvez Elahi should be recovered and brought before the court. It further urged the court to annul the detention orders and instead bar authorities from arresting him in any case altogether.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
