ISLAMABAD
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Saturday night ordered the federal government to carry out a judicial inquiry related to the arrest of former federal minister and senior PTI leader Shireen Mazari. The ex-minister was presented in IHC CJ Athar Minallah’s court as the judge had earlier ordered to produce Mazari before him at 11:30pm after her daughter filed a plea against her mother’s arrest. The IHC CJ, noting that the arrest was apparently “illegal”, ordered the immediate release of Mazari and asked the authorities to return the ex-federal minister’s phone to her.
Speaking to journalists before entering the courtroom, Mazari said: “I still did not get my phone back.”
The ex-federal minister claimed that the police did not show her the arrest warrants before taking her into custody, adding that she believes PML-N, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah were behind her arrest.
