ISLAMABAD: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Islamabad on Thursday handed over Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) chief Manzoor Pashteen in police custody for seven days.
Pashteen was arrested in Balochistan’s Chaman on December 4 by Levies and police personnel from the Gudhamo area on disputed claims of firing by his party and local police.
Police claimed the PTM chief was arrested after gunshots were fired at police from his vehicle, while Pashteen’s party had alleged that law enforcement agencies fired at his vehicle when he was on his way from Chaman to Turbat.
Last week, Pahsteen had announced joining the protest against the alleged extrajudicial killing of Balaach Mola Bakhsh in Turbat. The protest has been going on for more than a week after CTD claimed to have killed Bakhsh, along with three other men, in an encounter on November 24.
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