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| Islamabad administration withdraws orders for arrest of local TLP leaders |
| 2018-11-10 |
| [DAWN] The Islamabad district administration has withdrawn orders for the arrest of 19 Tehrik-e-Labbaik Pakistain (TLP) leaders who were allegedly involved in violence during the three-day protests against the acquittal of Aasia Bibi last week, it emerged on Friday. According to an earlier Facebook post by the office of the Islamabad deputy commissioner, the district administration had issued warrants for 19 persons, "who were involved in violence and incitement", under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance 1960. According to DawnNewsTV, the orders for the arrests of the 19 local TLP leaders were issued on November 2. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... Islamabad district magistrate Hamza Shafqaat issued a notification on November 7 stating that all 19 orders issued on November 2 have been withdrawn with immediate effect, "in [the] public interest". A copy of the notification is available with Dawn.com. |
| Posted by:Fred |