LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday barred the police from arresting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi ‘in any case registered till date’.
LHC’s Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid heard the petition against the ‘police and Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) actions’ against the former Punjab chief minister (CM).
Pervaiz Elahi’s lawyer appeared before Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid, who was hearing the petition in chamber.
Hearing the arguments, the Lahore High Court barred police from arrested the PTI president and issued notices to Punjab government and other respondents, seeking their responses.
“Police should not arrest the applicant in cases registered till date, wherein the bail has not been granted yet,” the judge ordered.
The court also sought details of the cases registered against the former Punjab CM and adjourned hearing till tomorrow.
