Punjab extends detention of PTI founder's three sisters by 30 days
The Lahore High Court disposed of a recovery petition after the home secretary's report, with the bench saying it could not order relief beyond the petition's scope.
The Punjab government has extended by 30 days the preventive detention of three sisters of the PTI founder, the provincial government's counsel told the Lahore High Court, Express News reported.
The extension was ordered on 7 October, the lawyer said during the hearing of a petition seeking the recovery of Aleema Khanum, Uzma Khanum and Noreen Niazi. Express News described all three as sisters of the PTI founder and named the government's lawyer as the source of the extension order.
The petition was filed by Shahraiz, Aleema Khanum's son, and came up before Justice Abhar Gul Khan. Uzma Khanum's husband, Ahad Khan, and Aleema Khanum's son were present in the courtroom, according to the Express News report. Rana Mudassar Umar appeared on behalf of the petitioner.
Rana Mudassar Umar asked the court to order that the three women be recovered and produced before it. He told the bench that he was aware the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments would stand in the way of the request. The court replied that it could not pass an order going beyond the scope of the petition.
The bench then disposed of the petition in the light of the report submitted by the home secretary of Punjab.
The Express News report did not set out the grounds recorded in the detention orders, the place where the three women are being held, or whether the provincial government issued a fresh order or renewed one already in force. It also did not say whether the family intends to file a fresh plea now that the recovery petition has been closed.
The hearing was attended by relatives of the detained women on the petitioner's side and by the provincial government's counsel, who conveyed the extension to the court. According to the report, the home secretary's report was the basis on which the bench concluded the proceedings rather than ordering production of the three women.
Under the court's order, the recovery petition stands closed; the detention itself continues for the extended period recorded in the 7 October order.
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