LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Friday issued notices to the Punjab government and other parties in petitions seeking release of PTI leaders who surrendered themselves to police in Lahore earlier this week under their party’s “Jail Bharo Tehreek ”.
The Imran Khan-led party kicked off its court arrest drive from Lahore on Wednesday when Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Azam Swati, Murad Raas, and other party leaders had given their arrests along with workers. Following their arrest, the authorities shifted them to separate jails in different cities, saying the political leaders will be detained for 30 days under 3 MPO.
“First you have given volunteer arrests and now what are you saying,” the judge remarked, adding that police were not arresting them but they forced themselves into prison van – the comment cracked laugh in the courtroom.