Lahore, July 13 (TNS): Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered the release of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers, illegally detained by punjab police, by 2pm on Thursday.
PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif, around 400 workers have so far been detained and arrested from Lahore and Rawalpindi.
On Thursday, Shehbaz termed the arrests as “pre-poll” rigging and slammed the interim Punjab government for the arrests of workers from Lahore ahead of party supremo Nawaz Sharif’s return.
Hearing a PML-N petition against the arrests today, Justice Anwarul Haq inquired from the provincial home secretary and police chief if they had a list of the detained individuals.
The home secretary responded by saying that 141 individuals had been arrested. The court then ordered the home department to immediately present the list of detained individuals.
“Any actions that disturb the system should not be taken,” the court noted.
The IGP then informed the court that the decision of arrests were taken on account of terrorism.
