Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Omar Ayub, during a session of the National Assembly, has said that dialogue with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) can take palce only once Imran Khan and other detained party members are released.
The opposition leader made these remarks during a speech made in response to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif’s address in parliament.The Speaker of the National Assembly intervened when Omar Ayub made the remarks, requesting him to maintain decorum, but the opposition leader continued, stressing his right to respond.
Ayub recounted the participation of PTI members in the funeral of Kulsoom Nawaz but highlighted his inability to attend his father’s funeral.He called for acknowledgment of the mistreatment of PTI members Yasmin Rashid, Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed, and Hassan Niazi.
The Speaker intervened once again, suggesting Ayub had made his point, but the opposition leader continued, highlighting that Imran Khan is being held in a death cell while previous detainees had access to air conditioning.
Meanwhile, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared the arrest of former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Shireen Mazari ‘unlawful’.IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced the reserved decision, which stated that Mazari’s arrest by the Punjab Anti-Corruption Department on May 21, 2022, was illegal.
“The arrest was carried out without legal justification,” Justice Kayani remarked.The court ordered the Establishment Division secretary and the Punjab Home Department to conduct an investigation into the matter.
Additionally, the court also nullified the commission’s report regarding her arrest.The court’s decision mandates a thorough review of the procedures followed during Mazari’s arrest.Mazari was first arrested on May 12 in 2022 under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3MPO).
The party leader was re-arrested from outside her residence in Islamabad by the Punjab police after securing bail from the Lahore High Court (LHC).
Earlier this year, on March 19, a Special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) issued arrest warrants for several top Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including more than two dozen current and former assembly members, in 12 cases in connection with violent attacks on the sensitive state installations on May 9 last year.
