IHC declares Mazari’s arrest by ACE illegal

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has declared the arrest of former Human Rights minister and Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari as illegal.

As per the details, Justice Mohsin Akhtar of the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday announced the reserved verdict and annulled the report of the commission that had ordered her arrest.

The court directed the Secretary of the Establishment Division and the Punjab Home Department to conduct an inquiry into the matter.Former PTI leader Shireen Mazari was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Punjab on May 21, 2022. It is pertinent to mention that Shireen Mazari was implicated in 14 different cases related to the May 9 vandalism.Soon after the May 9 riots last year, the former federal minister had announced her decision to quit the PTI and politics altogether.