The capital police on Thursday is learnt to have briefly arrested chairman of All-Pakistan CNG Association Ghayas Abdullah Paracha on charges of violating Section 144 in January this year. He was later released. Ghayas Paracha was arrested from his office in Sector I-9 by the Industrial Area Police on an FIR that was filed against him on January 2 this year for staging a protest and blocking road near Faizabad when the city administration had already imposed Section 144 in the city.
He was released after a short while today, police officials told this correspondent. However, Industrial Area's Superintendent of Police (SP) Ishaq Warraich did not confirm the arrest.