LHC bars police from harassing Buzdar

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday barred the police from arresting former Punjab chief minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Usman Buzdar.

During hearing of a petition filed by Usman Buzdar in the LHC, his counsel expressed concerns over his client’s alleged harassments by the authorities. According to the lawyer, Buzdar’s family members – including wife and children – were present at home when the police surrounded the premises.

The LHC ordered the police to refrain from arresting the former chief minister of Punjab Usman Buzdar and ordered the authorities to include Usman Buzdar in the investigation.

The LHC adjourned the case until Monday for the next hearing. Moreover, the court also directed the case to be sent to the larger bench of the Chief Justice. Earlier, Usman Buzdar secured protective bail in corruption and other cases.

Lahore High Court Bahawalpur bench judge Justice Tariq Nadeem heard the case, in which the former Punjab CM appeared in person for protective bail. The LHC Bahawalpur bench granted seven-day protective bail to Buzdar after hearing initial arguments from his counsel.

The former Punjab chief minister moved LHC against the cases of corruption and others. The former CM Punjab is facing several cases of corruption, assets beyond known sources of income ‘charges’ and others.