Awami National Party (ANP) Central general secretary, and former provincial minister, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, was arrested and sent on a one-day physical remand on charges of a PTI worker's murder in Nowshera town during Saturday's local bodies' election. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, who is a senior leader of ANP and a former Information Minister of KPK, was arrested by police and a case of murder and attempted murder was registered against him.
Khan Sher lodged an FIR of murder and attempted murder against Mian Iftikhar, claiming that the ANP leader ordered his guards to open fire at PTI rally when it was passing through a street where his residence is situated in Nowshera's Pabbi Bazaar.
Following the registration of an FIR at Pabbi police station, police raided Mian Iftikhar's residence and arrested him. Later, a large number of ANP workers and leaders reached the police station.
Mian Iftikhar was produced in a local court where he denied all charges, claiming that PTI supporters attacked his life. "I was at my office with my colleagues when I heard PTI's celebratory firing. They also damaged my bullet-proof vehicle parked outside the office, but we did not react. Police and Rangers rescued me from my office after PTI supporters attacked on me... I can't even think of killing anybody. The youngsters are like my children," he said. The court later remanded him into police custody for one day.
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