Overview

• An anti-terrorism court in Lahore, led by Judge Manzar Gul, handed police eight days of physical remand for Shahrez Khan.
• PTI alleges plainclothes men forced entry into Aleema Khan’s home, beat household staff, and took Shahrez away, with CCTV said to show coordinated movement and bulletproof vests.
• Lahore police’s DIG Operations confirmed Shahrez’s arrest in the May 9, 2023, violence probe and said legal action will proceed without concessions.
• PTI and family members say Shahrez and his wife were recently offloaded from a flight in Lahore and that his name was placed on the Exit Control List.
• Aleema Khan says her younger son, Shershah, was arrested outside the family home after attending Shahrez’s court hearing.