On Tuesday, the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) brought Awam Raj Tehreek chief Iqrar-ul-Hassan to a magistrate court in Karachi, which handed him over to the agency for a four-day remand.
The hearing was held before Judicial Magistrate Karachi East-I. Under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), the NCCIA has lodged Case No. 101/2026 against him.
After the proceedings, an NCCIA team took him back into its custody and shifted him to the agency’s detention cell.
According to available information, he was arrested in Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area and was transported to Karachi, arriving at around 1am.