LAHORE: After a periods court docket issued notices to the Lahore police chief on a petition looking for the registration of a case over the alleged abduction of Azhar Mashwani, metropolis police on Saturday registered a case in opposition to unidentified individuals for kidnapping the PTI activist.
Lodged on the compalint of Mr Mashwani’s brother Mazharul Hassan with Inexperienced City police, the FIR said that Mr Mashwani went lacking exterior his home on Thursday when he was going to Zaman Park in a cab.
Nevertheless, his cell phone was switched off after a while and his household and buddies weren’t in a position to contact him.
His brother claimed that some unidentified folks kidnapped his brother and took him to an undisclosed location.
Earlier, Mr Hassan had filed a petition with the periods court docket, saying that an software for the registration of a kidnapping case had been filed, however no motion had been taken to date.
The petitioner had requested the court docket to order police to register a case and recuperate his brother.
An extra district and periods choose issued a discover to the CCPO with a route to submit a reply on March 28.
The PTI social media activist was picked up on March 23, prompting PTI chief Imran Khan to say, “sufficient is sufficient,” as he accused the authorities of abducting the get together activist.
The Human Rights Fee of Pakistan (HRCP) has additionally condemned the ‘arrest’ of the PTI activist and demanded that he must be produced earlier than a court docket of regulation.
In a tweet, the fee wrote, “HRCP condemns the arrest of PTI activist @MashwaniAzhar reportedly for having criticised the Punjab police and provincial authorities for using questionable ways in opposition to get together staff within the current political fray. Mr Mashwani have to be produced earlier than the court docket promptly.”
Printed in Daybreak, March twenty sixth, 2023
