Lahore: On Lahore High Court (LHC) orders PTI’s Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar and other leaders and workers after they were detained during party’s ‘Jail Bharo Tehreek’released.

Qureshi and Umar had presented themselves for arrest last week and LHC was informed on Monday that they were being held in various jails across Punjab province for 30 days.

Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh suspended detention orders during an open court hearing on petition moved same day by PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry. Written order said respondents were directed to release people mentioned in list attached with Chaudhry’s petition “Forthwith if they are not required in any criminal case”.

Petition requested that respondents be ordered to release all political workers who courted arrest as part of PTI campaign and that any preventive measure or order issued should be declared illegal and quashed. During hearing, judge asked what was illegal about detention of PTI workers and leaders, adding that party had started court arrest movement itself. He questioned Chaudhry’s lawyer, Advocate Sikandar Zulqarnain about admissibility of petition.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 04 2023

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