Karachi police arrest former Sindh Governor and PTI leader Imran Ismail
KARACHI: Karachi police arrested former Sindh governor and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Ismail on Friday.
The arrest of the former Sindh Governor indicated that the federal and provincial governments are showing no flexibility over the arrests of PTI leaders.
Police took Imran Ismail into its custody from the precincts of the Darakhshan Police Station in Karachi.
The former Sindh Governor has been shifted to an undisclosed location soon after his arrest on Friday.
Court orders release of PTI leaders
The Islamabad High Court today ordered the release of two senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders _ Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Sheharyar Afridi.
The court declared the illegal arrest of Qureshi and Afridi under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) and ordered their release.
IHC Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb issued the order on Thursday while hearing petitions wherein the lawyers for Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Sheharyar Afridi challenged their arrest.
The court, however, directed the PTI leaders to submit an undertaking similar to the one given by former state minister Ali Muhammad Khan.
Islamabad police arrested PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Sheharyar Afridi soon after the arrest of Imran Khan on May 9.
Violence triggered by the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan influenced police to arrest senior PTI leaders under the MPO.
On Wednesday, the court ordered the release of Maleeka Bokhari and Shirin Mazari after declaring their arrest unlawful under the 3MPO.
Police, nonetheless, re-arrested them soon after their release from Adiala Jail.
IHC bars the arrest of Imran Khan till May 31
The Islamabad High Court today barred the arrest of PTI chairman Imran Khan in any case till May 31, 2023. The court gave the order on a petition filed by a PTI lawyer on behalf of former prime minister Imran Khan.
