LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought a reply from the deputy commissioner on a petition challenging the detention of PTI member of Azad Kashmir Assembly Ghulam Mohiuddin Dewan.

Justice Asjad Javed Gharal heard the petition filed by Saba Dewan, the wife of the PTI leader, challenging her husband’s detention under the maintenance of public order.

The petitioner said her husband is a member of the Azad Kashmir Assembly and a law-abiding individual. She stated that the government detained her husband in clear violation of Article 9 of the Constitution.

She alleged that the detention of Dewan was politically motivated and the DC order was illegal.

The petitioner requested the court to set aside the detention of Dewan and order his immediate release.

After hearing the preliminary arguments, the judge issued a notice to the DC for submission of a reply by Sept 20.

As per media reports, Mr Dewan was taken into custody on his return from Lahore after attending a Milad conference held by Minhajul Quran leader Dr Tahirul Qadri at Minar-i-Pakistan.

sent to jail: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday sent two main suspects, Hassan Shah and Rafiq alias Feeki, to jail on judicial remand in a case of alleged kidnapping for ransom and honey-trapping of playwright Khalilur Rehman Qamar.

The police presented both suspects in the court after expiry of their physical remand.

The investigating officer told the court that the custody of the suspects was no longer required.

At this, ATC Duty Judge Irfan Haider sent the suspects to jail on judicial remand with a direction to the police to submit challan against them.

The police alleged that Hassan Shah, along with woman accomplice Amna Arooj and other suspects kidnapped Qamar and demanded a ransom of Rs10 million.

Separately, the judge also extended the judicial remand of Arooj till Oct 2.

Published in Dawn, September 19th, 2024