ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered release of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Shireen Mazari after the Islamabad police arrested her in a raid at her residence in the federal capital last week.
The former human rights minister in the PTI government was arrested under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO) on May 12. IHC’s Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb heard the matter and was presented with material related to her arrest by the Islamabad police.
Justice Aurangzeb, after reading the report, remarked that Mazari was “very ill” and said that the report had “nothing” regarding her arrest. He told the Islamabad Attorney General that he was tired of hearing Article 245 of the Constitution.
Subsequently, the court ordered Mazari’s release and annulled the district magistrate’s orders for her arrest. The IHC maintained that the former minister would not violate Section 144 of the Cr.PC.
To this, the Advocate General contended that “nowadays everything is on the internet” and Mazari could start writing there. However, Justice Aurangzeb said that he will write regarding tweets in his order as well. He remarked that the manner in which PTI chairman Imran Khan was arrested showed the conduct of the government. Moreover, the high court also ordered the release of PTI Senator Falak Naz and nullified the district magistrate’s instructions to detain her.
