Ex-PM Khan’s close aide claims torture, sleep deprivation following arrest in May 9 case
ISLAMABAD: A top leader of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said on Thursday he was tortured and deprived of sleep after being arrested by the police in Rawalpindi a day earlier on charges of instigating violence.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, PTI vice chairman and Pakistan’s former foreign minister, managed to get a bail from the country’s top court last week in a separate case in which he was facing prison trial with Khan on the allegations of leaking state secrets.
The manner of his arrest was widely criticized and described as “undignified” by Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi.
The police brought him in handcuffs to the Judicial Complex in Rawalpindi to record his statement where he complained of being mistreated by the authorities.
“Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi claimed in court that he was subjected to violence and deprived of…