July 02, 2022 22:43 (IST)

Former Pakistani minister Shireen Mazari arrested
Islamabad: Senior Pakistan-Tehreek-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister for human rights Shireen Mazari was arrested from Islamabad , Geo News reported Saturday.
Mazari was arrested by a combined team of the anti-corruption officials and Dera Ghazi Khan police in the federal capital.
Reports said that she has been arrested in a case related to a property dispute in Rajanpur.
Mazari's daughter Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir while confirming the arrest claimed that her mother was subjected to torture by the police before being taken in to custody.
Confirming the report, her daughter Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir said that the police officials subjected her mother to torture before taking her into custody.
(With UNI inputs)
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