RAWALPINDI: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi on Wednesday remanded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former minister Shehryar Afridi in custody for five-day in GHQ attack case.
The PTI leader was produced in the ATC Rawalpindi in GHQ attack case.
Earlier on Monday, a District and Sessions Court sent Afridi to Adiala jail Rawalpindi in a case related to violent events of May 9.
Earlier, Mr Afridi was produced before the court of Judicial Magistrate Naveed Khan on completion of his physical remand.
The former federal minister was taken into custody from his residence in Sector F-8 Islamabad under Section 3 of Maintenance of Public order (3MPO).
May 9 events
Violent clashes broke out across Pakistan after the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief was arrested from the premises of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on May 9.
The protests were held in remote and major cities as the party workers are agitated due to their chairman’s arrest, with Balochistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad summoning the armed forces to ensure law and order.
