Police asked to produce PTI leader before judge

IHC hears PTI's plea seeking Hassan Niazi's recovery claiming he was abducted from ATC

ISLAMABAD:

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamer Farooq on Monday directed the police to conduct a medical examination of arrested PTI leader Hassan Niazi and produce him before the relevant court within 24 hours.

Hassan Khan Niazi, the nephew and focal person of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, was taken into custody by police outside the Judicial Complex in Islamabad on Monday.

Police sources said that Niazi was apprehended in G-11 near the Judicial Complex for his involvement in attacking law enforcement personnel and causing chaos in the federal capital.

Later, lawyers Faisal Chaudhry and others appeared in the IHC during the hearing on a petition seeking the recovery of Hassan Niazi.

Faisal Chaudhry said that Hassan Niazi went to the Anti-Terrorism Court for bail, where the police abducted Hassan Niazi and it was not known in which case he had been abducted.

After the hearing, the court ordered a meeting of Hassan Niazi with his legal team and family. The court also ordered to conduct Hassan Niazi's medical examination and produce him before the relevant court within 24 hours.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 21^st, 2023.