ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Thursday said that calling the arrest of PML-N leader Capt Safdar the violation of the sanctity of one's private life was an open joke.

Rather, a worse example of such kind of violation was set by previous government during Model Town incident, he said in his message on social media platform Twitter.

Fawad Chaudhry said that terming the arrest of Capt Safdar against privacy, particularly by a group which was responsible for Model Town incident was an open joke.

Innocent people including pregnant women were targeted by police in Model Town, he added.