Anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan was arrested from Lahore Airport by FIA officials when he was about to depart for Dubai in the early hours of Thursday, reported News24HD TV channel.
Imran Riaz was shifted to Cybercrime Wing Gulberg office in Lahore.
The anchorperson was not allowed to board the Dubai-bound flight due to his name in the black list. He was arrested after a case was registered against him under Cybercrime Act.
Imran Riaz will be presented in FIA court later.
A video shared by PTI’s official Twitter account shows the journalist at FIA’s cybercrime office.
https://twitter.com/PTIofficial/status/1620969897491861508
PTI General Secretary and former federal minister Asad Umar while condemning the journalist’s arrest said that while journalists and politicians were in jail, “terrorists are walking free in the country.”
https://twitter.com/Asad_Umar/status/1621002002821189632
Imran Riaz Khan was previously arrested in July last year after multiple sedition cases were registered against him. He was later released on bail by the Lahore High Court.
Reporter Rana Faran Yamin