On Saturday, a Gujranwala court postponed ruling on a petition from the Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) calling for the 14-day physical detention of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi.
Elahi was brought before Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Afzal today, one day after he was taken into custody in Lahore, by Punjab ACE officials.
Elahi was escorted by ACE representatives from Lahore to its regional headquarters in Gujranwala earlier this morning.
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The anti-corruption officers asked the court to order Elahi’s physical remand during the hearing. A local court in Lahore issued a release order for the PTI leader yesterday in connection with a case concerning corruption involving Rs70 million in development funds designated for the Gujrat district. However, a few minutes later he was again detained in connection with a corruption case Punjab had filed against him in Gujranwala.
