RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Chaudhry Javed Kausar was arrested by police outside the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi on Thursday after appearing for a hearing in the GHQ attack case.
A heavy police contingent had been deployed outside the court since morning. Kausar, who represents PP-8 (Rawalpindi-II), was taken into custody along with two PTI workers from Gujar Khan. The three were shifted to Civil Lines Police Station under tight security.
Police sources said Kausar was arrested under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO) Ordinance. He is also reportedly facing cases registered at Dhamial, Naseerabad and Taxila police stations.
The GHQ attack case relates to the violence that erupted on May 9, 2023, following the arrest of PTI founder Imran Khan from the Islamabad High Court in connection with the Al-Qadir Trust case. Authorities allege that protesters breached security barriers, damaged government property and raised anti-state slogans at the General Headquarters (GHQ).
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Kausar was first elected to the Punjab Assembly in the 2018 general elections from PP-8, then known as Rawalpindi-III, on a PTI ticket. He was re-elected in February 2024 as a PTI-backed independent candidate from the constituency following the delimitation exercise.
