Govt denies role as anchor­per­son Iqrarul Hassan ‘picked up’ in Lahore

LAHORE: Anchor­per­son Iqrarul Hassan was allegedly picked up by men in plainclothes, one of whom was wearing an identification tag of the Natio­nal Cyber Crime Investi­gation Agency (NCCIA), from his residence in Lahore in the early hours of Monday, his family said. Punjab minister Azma Bokhari clarified police had not arrested Mr Hassan and the matter was being investigated. In a video, Far­ah Iqrar said she and her husband were at their residence in DHA when men in plainclothes broke open the main gate, entered the pre­mises at around 3am and took Mr Hassan away. She alleged that the men…