Pakistani authorities arrest former foreign minister in Islamabad

WORLD, Aug 20 (YPA) – Pakistani authorities on Saturday arrested former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at his home in the capital, Islamabad.

“The deputy head of the Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mehmood Qureshi was unlawfully arrested again,” Dawn newspaper reported , citing a tweet by PTI party on its “X” account,  adding that he was taken to one of the headquarters of the Federal Investigation Agency.

According to the paper, The FIA is currently interrogating incarcerated PTI chief Imran Khan in the case related to the diplomatic cable that reportedly went missing from his custody and which he has for long presented as evidence of a “foreign conspiracy” to remove him as the prime minister.

The secretary-general of PTI, Omar Ayyub, announced that Qureshi was arrested from his home upon his arrival after holding a press conference at the National Press Club in Islamabad, during which he dismissed media reports of a further split within the party.

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