Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Pervaiz Elahi told reporters in Islamabad that he has no plan of addressing a press conference, a reference to PTI leaders resigning from the party.

He made the remarks as he appeared in a sessions court where the court sent him on a two-day physical remand.

Elahi was brought to the district court on Wednesday as the police sought his physical remand. He was arrested on Tuesday, hours after he was released on the orders of the Islamabad High Court.

Duty judge Shahrukh Arjumand had reserved judgement in the case after both sides completed their arguments.

Elahi’s lawyer told the court that he was a target of political victimisation and said that the charges against him were ‘comical’.

He told the court that Elahi had been ‘abducted’ by the police as he made his way home after being released. The lawyer added that he had found out later that he was arrested in a 17-year-old case.

He also argued that the Lahore High Court had already barred the police from arresting him in any case.