Chakwal police fail to produce journalist Imran Riaz Khan in court

The Chakwal police have failed to produce journalist Imran Riaz Khan before any court of law since taking him into custody nearly 30 hours after his post-arrest bail by a local court in Attock.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Advocate Mian Ali Ashfaq representing Riaz lamented the police's lack of cooperation in the case.

He revealed that neither the journalist was produced before a magisterial court nor anyone is being allowed to meet him.

The counsel further said that any possible facilities were also not being provided to Riaz and he was not being allowed to talk to anyone.

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Imran Riaz Khan, a vocal critic of the government, was arrested from Islamabad Toll Plaza late on Tuesday, disregarding the fact that the Islamabad High Court had already granted him pre-arrest bail.

The journalist has been implicated in a slew of cases which he says were motivated by his refusal to “stop speaking the truth”.

Of late, more than a dozen FIRs have been registered against him on charges as serious as abetment of mutiny and criticism of state institutions.

In a video of his arrest, which went viral on social media, over a dozen police officers of the Punjab police could be seen surrounding his car.