Rawalpindi: Despite getting bail in cipher case, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday detained under Maintenance of Public Order (3-MPO).
The order, issued by Rawalpindi deputy commissioner, alleges that the PTI leader was involved in instigating violence in the May 9 riots — which saw military installations being vandalised across the country — and that his release might endanger public safety.
“It is probable that after his release from jail, he will again continue his above activities which may lead to a law and order situation, harmful to the life and property of the general public,” read the order.
Qureshi’s 15-day detention is to come into effect from Qureshi's “entrance in Centra/District jail to avoid any likelihood of breach of peace/unlawful assembly in the district.”
Last week, a three-member Supreme Court (SC) approved Qureshi and PTI founder Imran Khan's bail in the cipher case on December 22.
The apex court ruled that the discretion exercised by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in declining bail to the petitioners was exercised perversely.
