Arresting under MPO without evidence tantamount to abuse of power: IHC

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday stated that it is against the Constitution to arrest individuals on suspicion of breaching the peace as the court issued its written order on petitions by PTI’s Shandana Gulzar and Sharhyar Afridi. A day earlier, the IHC declared ‘illegal’ the 1980 presidential order (PO) No. 18, ruling that […]