Politics
Islamabad High Court orders release of Shah Mahmood Qureshi
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued an order for the release of senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and declared his arrest illegal under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) law.
The orders were given by Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of the IHC while hearing a case pertaining to Qureshi’s arrest.
The court instructed the PTI leader to produce an undertaking identical to the one provided by former state minister Ali Muhammad Khan when it issued his release orders.
Following PTI chairman Imran Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case on
May 9, several PTI leaders, including Qureshi, were detained for “inciting violent protests.