ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi, ARY News reported.
IHC Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the plea and declared Qureshi’s arrest under the 3 MPO (Maintenance of Public Order) “illegal”.
اسلام آباد ہائیکورٹ کا شاہ محمود قریشی کو رہا کرنے کا حکم! عدالت نے شاہ محمود قریشی کی ایم پی او کے تحت گرفتاری کالعدم قرار دیدی#ARYNews pic.twitter.com/ehkMuZbIXF
— ARY NEWS (@ARYNEWSOFFICIAL) May 18, 2023
In another hearing, the IHC also issued orders to release the wife of PTI leader and former state minister Shehryar Khan Afridi.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi was arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance, 1960 following the violent protests in the country after the arrest of ex-premier Imran Khan on May 9.
Read more: SHIREEN MAZARI ARRESTED FROM OUTSIDE ADIALA JAIL AFTER HER RELEASE
The former foreign minister was taken into custody on May 11 after the police raided Gilgit-Baltistan House in Islamabad under Section 3 (3MPO).
It is pertinent to mention here that the police had launched a crackdown against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and workers following the ‘violent protests’ held after the arrest of party chairman Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust Case.
Yesterday, Police have rearrested Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leader Shireen Mazari from her residence in Islamabad.
In a tweet, Shireen Mazari’s daughter, Iman Mazari said that police have taken her mother again. A heavy number of police reached PTI leader Shireen Mazari’s residence to arrest her despite court orders.
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