The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday stopped the law enforcers from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sher Afzal Marwat without permission in any case.
After hearing the plea filed by the PTI parliamentarian, the IHC has issued notices to the Ministry of Interior secretary, Islamabad inspector general, Punjab inspector general and Federal Investigation Agency in this regard.
The court has directed relevant authorities to submit paragraph-wise comments on Marwat’s petition and also sought details of the cases lodged against him.
Issuing a written order on the PTI leader’s plea, Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz directed not to arrest the senior lawyer in any case without the court’s permission.
Marwat had filed the plea through his counsels Adil Aziz Qazi and Riasat Ali Azad.
Police on September 9 arrested PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan and lawmaker Marwat from outside the Parliament House, for allegedly violating the newly enacted public gathering law during the party’s power show in the federal capital on September 8.
