- IHC CJ Farooq orders AGP to look into rising lacking individuals circumstances.
- “Legislation and order state of affairs very unhealthy in Islamabad,” says CJ Farooq.
- IHC CJ says incidents like Panjutha’s abduction this should cease.
Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq on Monday directed the police to carry an intensive investigation of the kidnapping of Intezar Panjutha, a lawyer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, after some days, retaining in view his present mind-set.
Panjutha was discovered distressed and trussed-up in a automobile in Attock on Saturday night time, days after his disappearance from the federal capital. The alleged kidnappers fled, abandoning their car with the lawyer in it, upon being intercepted by the police and following intense alternate of fireplace.
Further lawyer normal for Pakistan (AAGP) and lawyer Ali Bukhari appeared earlier than the IHC for a follow-up session on Panjutha’s disappearance and restoration.
Bukhari knowledgeable the court docket that he obtained a name from the inspector normal of police concerning the profitable restoration of Panjutha.
“I picked up Intezar Panjutha from the Kohsar Police Station. He was in a nasty state,” the lawyer acknowledged, expressing considerations that anybody can face related circumstances.
CJ Farooq remarked {that a} civilised society ought to have the liberty of expression. He directed the extra AGP to look into the rising lacking individuals incidents.
“Islamabad additionally has a Karachi-like state of affairs. Individuals I personally know have obtained extortion chits, the justice mentioned.
He urged the authorities to do one thing about it as he mentioned that the regulation and order state of affairs was very unhealthy within the federal capital.
Incidents like Panjutha’s abduction should cease even when we see this case as a easy kidnap for ransom, Justice Farooq added.
Further AGP mentioned that the lawyer was recovered because of the efforts of AGP Mansoor Usman Awan however the matter is being highlighted in a destructive gentle.
At this, CJ Farooq mentioned that AGP Awan is a regulation officer and he made the efforts. There must be no destructive marketing campaign towards him, he added.
A plea was filed within the Islamabad Excessive Court docket (IHC) for the restoration of former prime minister’s lawyer Paunjutha, who went lacking since 8 October.
The kidnapped lawyer, after he was discovered, revealed that he was picked up from Islamabad for a ransom value Rs20 million, and was severely tortured by the abductors.