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PTI ex-MNA held as bail cancelled

By Tahir Khan Azikhel
November 28, 2023

BATKHELA: The Malakand Levies arrested the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) former lawmaker Junaid Akbar after an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) rejected his interim bail on Monday.

According to Assistant Commissioner Shakil Khan, former Member National Assembly was charged with ransacking and torching the Toll Plaza on Swat Expressway on May 9. He had obtained bail before arrest from the court. 

However, the official said the ATC cancelled his BBA and ordered the Levies force to arrest him.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf former lawmaker Junaid Akbar can be seen taken by the police personnel in this still on November 27, 2023. — Facebook/Junaid Akbar Khan
 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf former lawmaker Junaid Akbar can be seen taken by the police personnel in this still on November 27, 2023. — Facebook/Junaid Akbar Khan  

Subsequently, he was arrested from the court promises and later shifted to Levies Line. The official said that the former MNA would be produced in the court today to seek his physical remand.

A large number of PTI local workers and activists were present on the occasion but no untoward incident occurred due to the presence of a heavy contingent of Levies personnel.