ISLAMABAD: Vice-Chairman of PTI Shah Mahmood Qureshi was released from Adiala Jail on Tuesday evening on the order of the Lahore High Court.
Qureshi will hold a crucial meeting with PTI chairman Imran Khan in Lahore to discuss the latest situation and the future strategy of the party.
Importantly, PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan has recently nominated Shah Mahmood Qureshi as the next chief of the party in case Khan is jailed in any of the ongoing cases.
So far, Qureshi is amongst the few PTI leaders who are still with Imran Khan and standing with their party in this critical moment.
Lahore High Court orders the release of Qureshi
Earlier, on Tuesday the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court ordered the immediate release of Shah Mahmood Qureshi from Adiala Jail.
PTI leader and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has been arrested multiple times since his first arrest.
On Tuesday, the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench ordered that Qureshi should not be arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO) anymore. Justice Chaudhry Abdul Aziz conducted the hearing of the case.
The court also declared Rawalpindi deputy commissioner’s MPO orders illegal and directed authorities to immediately release the PTI vice chairman without asking him to submit surety bonds.
Assistant Attorney General Abid Aziz Rajouri represented the government’s side, while lawyer Taimoor Malik and Qureshi’s daughter were there for the PTI leader.
Moreover, the Punjab police presented its report in court about the cases against Qureshi.
Nine cases have been registered against Qureshi across Punjab _ four of these cases were registered in Lahore, while five cases have been registered in Multan. The daughter of Shah Mahmood Qureshi filed a plea in the court seeking the release of her father.
