Fawad arrested for threatening officials of a state institution: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD, Jan 25 (SABAH): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry was arrested for threatening the officials of a state institution, urging PTI leadership not to politicise the arrest as no political party was part of the case.

Addressing a presser here, Marriyum said the case against Fawad was not filed by any political party, but by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

“Fawad threatened to hold ECP officials accountable for merely doing their job,” she said, stressing that PTI leadership has threatened every state institution for months.

She said it is not a political arrest and Fawad Chaudhry was detained on the complaint of a constitutional body. The information minister made it clear that the government does not believe in political vendetta.

Marriyum said the people, the media, and the state institutions should draw a line between vendetta and criminal offences.

Answering a question, the minister ruled out any deadlock in country’s political system.

She said the government is determined to steer the country out of economic crises. She said it is agenda of the coalition government to put the country back on the path of development and progress.