Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Sahibzada Hamid Raza Arrested from Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council and Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Sahibzada Hamid Raza has been arrested from Islamabad, confirmed party officials.

According to Sheikh Waqas Akram, Sahibzada Hamid Raza was traveling from Peshawar to Faisalabad when he was detained by Islamabad Police.

The acting chairman of the Sunni Ittehad Council, Sahibzada Hassan Raza, has confirmed the arrest of Hamid Raza.

However, the Islamabad Police have not yet issued an official confirmation regarding his detention.

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Sources claim that Hamid Raza has been handed over to Faisalabad Police for further legal proceedings.

It is noteworthy that a day earlier, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) had issued arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and PTI’s provincial president Junaid Akbar in connection with the November 26 arson and violence case.

Following the court orders, the police had reached the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad to arrest the two PTI leaders, but the chief minister was not present at the location.