ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice-Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi had a “great escape” from Islamabad High Court soon after he witnessed the arrest of his colleague Asad Umar.
Getting panicked after seeing Asad Umar being held by the anti-terrorism squad personnel inside the court, the first thing that came to the often-calm Qureshi was “run”.
So, the former foreign minister was still able to use his brain and did not straightaway head to the main gate of the IHC, he opted to use the other gate to escape the scene.
But he was lucky to escape.
Qureshi came eyeball-to-eyeball at the second gate with the policemen guarding the exit point. They had an argument with him, and the cops didn’t let him go, but the PTI leader was in no mood to give in as he resisted and resisted hard and succeeded in getting through them.
PTI’s lawyers’ team also argued with the policemen and was able to pacify them.
Before he set out for his adventurous but a little risky attempt, Qureshi alerted his driver present outside the court. When the PTI managed to pass through the gate, his driver was waiting for him outside the court.
As soon as Qureshi got into his vehicle, his driver sped away.
But the story did not end there.
A police squad car sounded its sirens and started to chase Qureshi’s vehicle.
Another PTI leader Malik Bukhari while reacting to the situation, condemned the police attitude as unacceptable. “They did not know how to talk to the public,” she added.
