Imran condemns arrest of his security chief

Condemning his arrest, former prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that his safety in-charge, Iftikhar Rasool Ghumman, has been “intentionally focused” in bid to weaken his safety and to unfold concern among the many Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) hierarchy.

The PTI chairman, who survived an assassination bid in November final 12 months whereas he was main his social gathering’s lengthy march to Islamabad, additionally claimed that Ghumman was nonetheless within the custody of the Federal Investigation Company (FIA).

“He [Iftikhar Ghumman] was an abroad Pakistani who left the whole lot and got here to Pakistan to assist in our mission for Haqiqi Azadi [real freedom].

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“He has been intentionally focused to weaken my safety and in addition to unfold concern amongst the PTI hierarchy. We all know who’s behind all this,” Imran wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

The FIA was fast in its response because it rejected Imran’s declare that Ghumman was nonetheless within the company’s custody. In a short assertion issued to the media, it mentioned Iftikhar Rasool Ghumman was nominated in an FIR No 06/2023 of the Anti-Cash Laundering Circle of the FIA Lahore.

“He was arrested on April 12, 2023. Furthermore, he was an absconder of the FIA Human Trafficking Circle Lahore for the final 22 years in FIR No 291/2001,” the assertion learn.

Based on the FIA, Ghumman was remanded in judicial custody on April 15 and that he’s presently in Camp Jail Lahore on the order of a court docket. “It’s clarified that he [Ghumman] shouldn’t be within the FIA’s custody,” the assertion mentioned.