LHC moved against Elahi’s detention

Petition filed as ex-Punjab CM shifted from Lahore’s camp jail to Adiala

By Our Correspondent
July 20, 2023
Parvez Elahi was arrested again after acquittal in the corruption case. —Twitter

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Pervaiz Elahi’s wife on Wednesday challenged her husband’s detention under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3 MPO) in the Lahore High Court (LHC).

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The petition was filed as authorities shifted the former Punjab chief minister from Lahore’s Camp Jail to the Adiala Jail. Elahi’s wife Qaisara Elahi moved the court over his detention and named the additional chief secretary and inspector general jails as respondents.

In the petition, it was urged that Elahi be summoned to court and released and that he should not be arrested in any other case till the final decision on the petition.

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