Senior journalist Imran Riaz Khan 'arrested by FIA'

Lawyer says anchorperson taken into custody by agency’s Lahore office

Senior journalist and anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan was reportedly taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday.

According to lawyer Mian Ali Ashfaq, the anchorperson was taken into custody by the agency’s Lahore office.

 

پاکستان میں گرفتاریاں ھی گرفتاریاں-

ایمرجنسی لگ گئی ھے کیا؟ ایف آئی آے اور حکومتی ادارے کیا اپنی ھوش مکمل کھو بیٹھے ھیں؟

عمران ریاض خان کو حراست میں لینے کی براہ راست ذمہ داری ایف آئی اے لاھور کی ھے اسوقت-

مزید جو بھی ھو سامنے ضرور آئے گا- ھم بھی تیار ھیں

بسم اللہ-

— Mian Ali Ashfaq (@MianAliAshfaq) February 2, 2023

 

The anchorperson's official Twitter account also confirmed the development.

"Imran Riaz Khan was arrested by FIA and taken into custody at an unknown place, the airport staff misinformed the public at the scene and escorted him via backdoor entrances," read a tweet posted by the Riaz's social media team.

Imran Riaz Khan was arrested by FIA and taken into custody at an unknown place, the airport staff misinformed the public at the scene and escorted him via backdoor entrances.
Insha Allah Imran Riaz himself will write the next Tweet himself. Meanwhile @IRKsays for info.
-IRK SMT

— Imran Khan (@ImranRiazKhan) February 2, 2023

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) official Twitter account also shared a video that reportedly showed the journalist at the FIA’s office.

Imran Riaz Khan has been taken into custody by the FIA. We can safely that human right are completely non existent in Pakistan, a fascist state where rule of law is absent! pic.twitter.com/lN34QTrJMS

— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 2, 2023

In July 2022, the anchorperson was arrested from Islamabad Toll Plaza. He had been implicated in a slew of cases which he claimed were motivated by his refusal to “stop speaking the truth”.

Reportedly, he was arrested in a case lodged at the Attock police station and was taken to the same district.

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In the FIR, the citizen stated that he saw a video on social media in which Riaz tried to tarnish the image of a state institution.