ATC grants 3-day physical remand of 15 PTI workers

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LHC orders release of five held in illegal detention by landlord

2025-08-19T12:00:36+05:00 OUR STAFF REPORT

 LAHORE  -  AAn anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday approved a three-day physical remand of 15 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers in the October 5 protest and police violence case, while one accused was discharged. Earlier, the police produced 16 PTI workers before the ATC Judge Manzer Ali Gill and sought their physical remand for investigation. Police told the court that the accused are wanted in the Shafiqabad police station case and recovery of sticks and clubs is yet to be made. However, the court was informed that one accused, Bilawal Hussain, had been in military custody at the time of the PTI protest, where he served a two-year sentence, and was mistakenly arrested in the present case. Defence counsels argued that their clients were not involved in the case and requested the court to discharge them. Subsequently, the court handed over 15 accused to police on three-day physical remand and discharged Bilawal Hussain from the case. Those remanded include Ali Hassan, Tayyab, Usman, Arsalan, Daniyal and Shoaib, Zaeem Laghari and Ghulam Qadir. Meanwhile, The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the release of five people who had been held in illegal confinement by a local landlord in Faisalabad.Justice Muhammad Jawad Zafar issued the order while hearing a petition filed by Rehmat Ali, a resident of Faisalabad. The petitioner alleged that landlord Saeed Anwar, of village Chak 66 J.B. Handra Kalan, had unlawfully detained his brother Jafar and other family members, including children, at his farmhouse.Earlier, a court-appointed bailiff produced all the detainees before the court after recovering them from the landlord’s premises with the assistance of Airport Police. The bailiff further reported that the victim, Jafar, stated the landlord had not only confined him and his family but had also taken unlawful possession of his two buffaloes.Subsequently, the court ordered the release of the individuals and allowed them to return home, while directing the petitioner to approach the relevant forum for legal proceedings regarding the buffaloes.

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