RAWALPINDI, May 26(ABC): Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Thursday has ordered the immediate release of PTI workers who were arrested before the PTI long march.
Justice Sardar Ahmed Naeem of the LHC Rawalpindi Bench passed the order after hearing the arguments of the arrested persons lawyers Dr Babar Awan and Sardar Abdul Raziq Advocate.
It is pertinent to mention that Petitions were filed by senior lawyers against the arrest of PTI workers and raids on homes.
The lawyers took the position that the police had taken action in the Rawalpindi division to stop the PTI workers from participating in the long march and More than 100 workers were arrested and sent to jail.
The court ordered the Assistant Advocate General Punjab to take instructions from the government for the release of the arrested persons within 10 minutes.