Case Update Status

Dr Arslan Khalid on April 14's night confirmed his arrival back home.

Summary of Case

"The outgoing ruling party, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party, said focal person to ex-prime minister Imran Khan, Dr Arslan Khalid's home was raided on April 10 in Lahore, the capital city of the Punjab province. . “He has never abused anyone on social media and never attacked any institutions,” the tweet read. The party urged the Federal Investigation Agency to look into the matter.

Azhar Mashwani, former focal person for digital media of the provincial government of Punjab, said that Khalid’s house in Lahore was raided by 11 unidentified men and that said the phones and laptops of all family members were taken and his family members, including his 80-year-old mother, were threatened. Mashwani added that Khalid was “continuously receiving threats in the past four weeks from the people who didn’t like the online feedback coming from [the] masses”.

PTI leader Shahbaz Gill said they were expecting “they” would do this, without naming who, and therefore the night prior, Gill had spoken to Khalid and sent him from his house to another place. Gill added that the laptops and phones that had been taken contained nothing but professional work on them.The raid at Khalid’s house was condemned by party leadership. Former Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the entire PTI party was standing with Khalid.

On April 15, 2022 denouncing a second raid at his home, former focal person to ex-prime minister Imran Khan, Dr Arslan Khalidconfirmed his arrival back home.

“I am safe and back at home. Thanks for the support by everyone,” he tweeted, adding that, “Some friends tweeted about a second raid which is not true.”

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Category of Incident

Raid

ICCS Status

ICCS Divisions: 0202-Acts against liberty

ICCS Group: 02022-Deprivation of liberty

ICCS Class: N/A

ICCS Crime: Acts against liberty

Reported By

PPF

Date of incident

10

Month

April

Year

2022

Name of affected person

Dr Arslan Khalid

Other affected persons

No other person affected

Name of affected organization

PTI Media Cell

Other affected organizations

No other organization affected

Action by

Unknown

City

Lahore

Province

Punjab

Designation

Focal person to ex-prime minister Imran Khan

Professional category

Spokesperson on Digital Media

Age of victim

N/A

Marital Status

Compensation Details

Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation announced

Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation announced

Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced

Date compensation paid by others: No compensation announced

FIR Details

Was FIR registered ?: No

Court Details

Was case investigated ?: No

Court where case was presented: Case not presented in any court

Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case not presented in any court

Date of first court hearing:

Date of last court hearing:

Status of court case: Case not presented in any court

Journalist Union Status

PFUJ

N/A

APNS

CPNE

PBA

Media Source Status

Media reports:

Condemn Status

Colleague of victim

"Azhar Mashwani, former focal person for digital media of the provincial government of Punjab, said that Khalid’s house in Lahore was raided by 11 unidentified men and that said the phones and laptops of all family members were taken and his family members, including his 80-year-old mother, were threatened. Mashwani added that Khalid was “continuously receiving threats in the past four weeks from the people who didn’t like the online feedback coming from [the] masses”. "

Employer organization

N/A

Press Club Status

Press club 1: N/A

Press club 2:

Press club 3: