PTI's Shehryar Afridi being kept in death cell, lawyer tells IHC

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shehryar Afridi’s lawyer Sher Afzal Marwat told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday that his client is being kept in a “death cell”.

During the hearing of a case against the arrest of the PTI leader, Marwat requested Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir to transfer Afridi to an A-class jail.

He also requested the court to order a medical check-up of his client, adding that the former minister fell at the time of his arrest due to which his "left arm is paralysed".

In his remarks, the state council informed the court that Afridi is being interrogated in the I-9 case as well.

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Seeking details of the PTI leader's medical records, the court said that it will pass an appropriate order on the plea of ​​Afridi's brother and adjourned the hearing of the case till June 2.

The PTI leader was arrested on May 16. According to the party, the ex-minister was “picked up” from Islamabad allegedly along with his wife.

“Ex-interior minister Shehryar Afridi has been picked up this time, not alone but along with his wife who has no political affiliation. This is happening under the current fascist regime,” the PTI Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s official Twitter account had informed.

Afridi was reportedly arrested under Section 3 of Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance 1960, which enables the government to arrest persons “acting in any manner prejudicial to public safety”.