{"id":90640,"date":"2025-02-20T20:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-founder-imran-khans-lawyer-arrested-outside-adiala-jail-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T20:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:27:04","slug":"pti-founder-imran-khans-lawyer-arrested-outside-adiala-jail-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pti-founder-imran-khans-lawyer-arrested-outside-adiala-jail-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"PTI founder Imran Khan\u2019s lawyer arrested outside Adiala jail  | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"flex items-center text-center\"><figcaption class=\"text-3 font-sans uppercase mr-3 whitespace-no-wrap\"><span class=\"ls-art\">Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article<\/span><\/figcaption><audio class=\"h-5 w-60 sm:w-80 rounded-none\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"noplaybackrate nodownload\" id=\"tts\" controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/attachments\/speech_20250207120352918-4FOIT.mp3\"\/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Faisal Chaudhry, the lawyer for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, was briefly detained outside Adiala Jail after a heated argument with jail staff.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, Chaudhry was detained after a confrontation with a jail officer, Imran Riyaz, who reportedly stopped him from entering the facility ,Express News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place when Chaudhry, who had been granted prior access to visit Imran Khan, was denied entry at the prison gates. This led to a verbal altercation, during which Chaudhry used offensive language towards the jail staff.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, authorities at Adiala Jail took the decision to detain the prominent lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Chaudhry addressed the media outside the jail, claiming that the incident occurred due to a misunderstanding regarding his entry.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the altercation took place at the internal gate of the facility, where he had already shared the judicial instructions with the jail superintendent via WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Chaudhry claimed that the jail officers, who had recorded the video of the exchange, were responsible for escalating the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer further suggested that his only &#8216;fault&#8217; was publicly sharing the statements made by PTI&#8217;s founder, Imran Khan, outside the jail.<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, Faisal Chaudhry was taken into custody and is now facing charges related to the verbal abuse directed towards the jail officers. He was reportedly released from the station after a brief detention. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article Faisal Chaudhry, the lawyer for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, was briefly detained outside Adiala Jail after a heated argument with jail staff. According to sources, Chaudhry was detained after a confrontation with a jail officer, Imran Riyaz, who reportedly stopped him from entering the facility ,Express News reported. 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