PTI President Parveiz Elahi re-arrested in Lahore

Lahore: Islamabad police arrested PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi shortly after the Lahore High Court ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to release him on Friday. 

He was on his way home from the Lahore high court when the capital city police detained him near the FC College underpass on Lahore Canal Road.

The former chief minister of Punjab was not to be detained in connection with any pending legal matter, the high court said.

There are still no details available regarding the incident that led to Mr. Elahi's arrest.

Earlier, the Lahore High Court on Friday ordered to release of the former Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi.

Former CM of Punjab, Pervez Elahi was produced before the court in the Assets Beyond Means case.

Justice Amjad Rafiq presided over the hearing at the Lahore High Court (LHC) and ordered to release of the former Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab Chaudhry Pervez Elahi.

It is pertinent to mention here that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Elahi over failing to provide information to the accountability bureau in assets beyond the means case against him, his son Monis Elahi and other family members.