Khadija’s detention challenged in LHC

PTI supporter Khadija Shah's husband challenges her 30-day detention, deeming it 'unlawful' in Lahore High Court

LAHORE:

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporter and fashion designer Khadija Shah’s husband Jahanzeb Amin on Saturday challenged his wife’s 30-day detention in the Lahore High Court, terming it “unlawful”.

Amin made the federal government, Lahore deputy commissioner and others respondents in the application.

The petitioner requested the court to declare the detention notification as illegal.

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Khadija was arrested on Friday for the fifth time since the May 9 riots on the orders of the Lahore deputy commissioner, just a day after an anti-terrorism court approved her post-arrest bail. On the DC’s orders, the PTI supporter has been detained for 30 days under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance.

According to the order, Lahore Cantonment Division superintendent of police and district intelligence branch recommended Khadija’s detention under Section 3 of MPO for 30 days.