📌 Key Highlights & Quick Takeaways:
- An application was filed in the Federal Constitutional Court against the detention of 9 members of the assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
- In the petition, it was requested to order the immediate release of the detained elected representatives.
- In the petition filed by Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Raja Nasir Abbas, it has been said that keeping the elected representatives in custody is.
An application was filed in the Federal Constitutional Court against the detention of 9 members of the assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), including Sohail Afridi, Babar Swati.
In the petition, it was requested to order the immediate release of the detained elected representatives.
In the petition filed by Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Raja Nasir Abbas, it has been said that keeping the elected representatives in custody is equivalent to making the public mandate ineffective. Where are the detained members of the assembly?
The petition further said that the government should bring out the details of legal status and place of detention, even extraordinary powers under Article 232, 234 and 245 are not overriding the fundamental rights.
It states that the imposition of governor's rule does not abrogate fundamental rights, government actions are subject to judicial review by the Constitutional Court, state machinery cannot be used to suppress political dissent and render elected representatives ineffective.
