LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has directed the immediate release of PTI activist Sanam Javed, who was detained in connection with the Gujranwala case.
A two-member bench, led by Justice Asjad Javed Gharal, issued a 14-page written ruling on Javed’s petition. The court criticized the repeated arrest of Javed as a misuse of the legal system, stating that the continuous detention despite previous releases appeared to be an attempt to undermine the judiciary.
The judgment noted that detention orders were issued by the Deputy Commissioners of Lahore and Gujranwala while Javed was already in custody. The court expressed hope that future actions by deputy commissioners would uphold constitutional rights, and instructed that the verdict be shared with judicial officers, IG Punjab, and all deputy commissioners.
The ruling emphasized that there was no substantive evidence linking Javed to the case and deemed the Gujranwala charges as baseless. The Deputy Prosecutor General confirmed that no additional cases were pending against Javed, thus ordering her immediate release from jail.
