Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman and former Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been released from Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi after the Lahore High Court issued the orders for his release today.
Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench earlier today ordered the immediate release of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairperson Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
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High court judge Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz heard the case and declared the detention of PTI Vice Chairperson Shah Mahmood Qureshi as ‘illegal’.
The court ordered Qureshi to submit an affidavit to the Rawalpindi deputy commissioner within three days of his release.
While hearing a petition against his arrest, LHC’s Rawalpindi Bench ordered that Qureshi should not be arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO) anymore.
Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz presided over the hearing.
The court also declared Rawalpindi deputy commissioner’s MPO orders illegal and directed authorities to immediately release the PTI vice chairman without asking him to submit surety bonds.
Assistant Attorney General Abid Aziz Rajouri represented the government’s side, while lawyer Taimoor Malik and Qureshi’s daughter were there for the PTI leader.
During the hearing, the court inquired from the law officer if Qureshi had given any speech or led any protest.
“No political leader can control his words in a political gathering,” the court remarked while directing the law officer to present evidence against the former foreign minister if any.
At this, the official sought two days for the submission of evidence.
However, the court directed him to update the court within an hour after taking directives from the government.
Remember that PTI leader was re-arrested on May 23 moments after he was released from Adiala Jail. Shah Mahmood was released from Adiala jail on court orders but was taken into custody right after his release.
It is pertinent to mention here that former foreign minister Qureshi was taken into custody by police in Islamabad following May 9 protests.
Shah Mehmood was arrested from Gilgit Baltistan House in Islamabad, soon after the riots erupted across Pakistan following the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
