November 8, 2002	Friday	Ramazan 2,1423

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LAHORE, Nov 7: Justice Tassaduq Husain Jilani of the Lahore High Court on Thursday directed the federal and the Punjab government to submit detailed reports about the arrest and whereabouts of Dr Amir Aziz by Friday morning.

The judge gave the direction on a writ petition filed by Mrs Zakia Aziz, mother of Dr Amir, who came to the court in her wheelchair.

The judge directed Deputy Attorney-General, Danishwar Malik and Additional Advocate-General, M. Bilal Khan to inform the court that who had arrested Dr Amir and under which law he was charged. He directed that the court should also be informed about Dr Amir’s whereabouts.

Counsel Ehsan Wyne, Iftikhar Shahid and Syed Manoor Ali Gilani submitted that Dr Amir had been arrested under the US campaign to nab innocent people. The only crime he had committed was that he was serving the ailing humanity on the call of his profession.

They submitted that Dr Amir had neither been produced in any court after arrest nor any case had been registered against him.

They prayed to the court that an order for recovery and release of Dr Amir be issued as the legal formalities for his arrest had not been complied with.