A bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday heard contempt case over re-arrest of former Human Rights minister Shireen Mazari despite the court orders. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the petition. Advocate Imaan Mazari, the daughter of Shireen Mazari, appeared in the court along with her lawyer Zainab Janjua. “Why the I.G. Islamabad has not been in attendance, it is a contempt case. He should be in the hearing,” the bench exclaimed.
“The IG has been in bench-one, he will come in the hearing soon,” Additional Attorney General informed the court.
“They should have informed on day one, why the entire state machinery has been active and Shireen Mazari’s arrest is not linked with the MPO,” Justice Miangul Hassan said. “They should have also informed that what is happening, have nothing to do with cases, it is politics with no link to the cases,” court remarked.—INP
