IP - The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party reported that Shah Mehmood Qureshi, an opposition leader and former foreign minister of Pakistan, was detained on Saturday.

Iran PressAsia: This occurred shortly after he stated that his party would contest any potential postponement of the country's election through legal means.

Party spokesman Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan's foreign minister, was not immediately clear.

The caretaker information minister did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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