Lahore (Web Desk): Multiple petitions were filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday for releasing the detained Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders who surrendered themselves to police voluntarily on Wednesday in line with their party's "Jail Bharo Tehreek (court arrest movement)".
The PTI members, including Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Azam Swati, and other senior leaders surrendered to police on Wednesday evening in Lahore on the first day of the 'Jail Bharo Tehreek'
Shah Mahmood Qureshi's son Zain Qureshi, and PTI Senator Ijaz Chaudhry filed the petitions in the LHC.
In his petition, Zain Qureshi appealed to the LHC to order authorities to produce his father — the PTI vice chairman, who is being kept in wrongful detention.
Meanwhile, PTI Senator Ijaz Chaudhry also filed pleas for the recovery of at least eight PTI leaders, Umar, Omar Sarfaraz Cheema, Waleed Iqbal, Senator Swati, Murad Ras, Jaan Madni, Azam Niazi, and Ahsan Dogar.
The PTI senator, in his petition, made additional chief secretary (home), inspector general (IG) of Punjab Police and capital city police officer (CCPO) parties in the case.
Ijaz Chaudhry said that that the IG and CCPO arrested PTI leaders from Mall Road, then transferred them to Camp Jail, and later on, they were taken to Kot Lakhpat Jail.
"They are not even being provided medicines and food," Chaudhry said, adding that the PTI leaders are being kept in wrongful detention.
He said that fake cases can be made against them to defame and hurt them.
The PTI leader requested the court to direct police to produce the leaders before the LHC and not resort to any illegal steps.
Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhry of the LHC will start hearing the pleas on Friday.
