Arbitrary arrests under MPO challenged

The Sindh High Court (SHC) heard a petition of college students and citizens towards detention underneath Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) in Sindh and issued notices to the Sindh Home Department and others.Muhammad Haneef Advocate, the attorney of petitioners – Naeemullah, Ashfaq Ahmed, Sher Nadir, Radiullah and others – stated that the police are raiding the houses of ordinary citizens after the incident of May 9.

The residents arrested by means of the police are being detained and transferred to Sukkur and Jacobabad jails. It isn’t always but clear why the citizens are being detained.

The concerned police stations also are unable to offer info concerning the arrests. Arbitrary detention ought to be declared unlawful and order have to be issued to launch the detained residents.

The court docket issued notices to the Sindh domestic branch and others and requested the parties to submit their responses via May 29.

Physical remand

The Anti-Terrorism Adminis-trative Court passed over the accused to the police on physical remand within the cases of rioting, arson and interference inside the authorities affairs on May nine.

In the cases of arson, 11 accused had been produced in the court docket by way of the Tipu Sultan police and 4 by way of Firozabad police.

On the request of the investigating officer, the courtroom passed over the accused to the police on four-day bodily remand.

Earlier, extra than 50 arrested accused were despatched to prison on judicial remand. A bail utility has also been filed on behalf of PTI leader Firdous Shamim Naqvi and others.This choice was illegal and malafide because the PLDC turned into the organisation which was mounted for challenge such housing tasks,” stated the NAB statement.
It said the choices for the PLDC had been to be taken by means of its board of directors (BOD) independently as in keeping with the Corporate Governance Rules 2013 and Companies Ordinance 1984 (now Companies Act 2017).

“This act at the part of accused Shehbaz Sharif not simplest negated the very goal of creation of [the] PLDC but additionally brought on massive loss to nation exchequer,” NAB had then claimed.