Court grants NCCIA four-day remand of Iqrar ul Hassan

KARACHI: Pakistan Awam Raj Tehreek chief and television presenter Iqrar ul Hassan has been remanded in custody for four days after being arrested in Lahore.

The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) produced Iqrar before a judicial magistrate in Karachi’s City Court on Tuesday following his arrest in Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) a day earlier.

The agency sought his remand, which the court approved, ordering that he be remanded for four days.

 

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According to officials, a case numbered 101/2026 has been registered against Iqrar with the NCCIA. Following the hearing, the agency’s team transferred him back to a cell.

Family raises concerns over reported detention

A day earlier, Iqrar’s family had said he was taken into custody from his residence in Lahore, while the NCCIA had yet to publicly confirm his arrest.

Farah Iqrar narrates the story how her husband Iqrarul Hassan was arrested.👇 https://t.co/T1TaeeIKkI

— Zahid Gishkori (@ZahidGishkori) October 12, 2026

His wife, Farah Iqrar, said the family did not know the reason for his reported detention. She added that they had contacted the NCCIA police station but could not obtain information about his whereabouts or the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Farah alleged that a group of men arrived at their residence at night and demanded that Iqrar come outside.

“We were asleep when we heard loud voices from outside saying, ‘Bring Iqrar out, otherwise we will break everything’,” she said.

She alleged that the men climbed over the boundary wall, pushed her and took Iqrar away. According to her account, two men held him while others seized mobile phones and a laptop. She also alleged that the men took the CCTV cameras and her phone when she attempted to record the incident.

اس وقت تک کچھ پتہ نہیں کہ اقرار کہاں پر ہے۔۔

— Waseem Badami (@WaseemBadami) October 12, 2026

ARY News anchor Waseem Badami had also said that information about Iqrar’s whereabouts was not available following the reported detention.