LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday restrained Punjab police from causing any harassment to PTI’s lawyer Naeem Panjotha.

Justice Anwarul Haq Pannun passed the order, disposing of a petition filed by the lawyer.

The judge observed that if any incident of harassment occurs, the inspector general of police will be held responsible. The judge stated that the chapter of harassment should now be closed.

A counsel for the PTI’s lawyer stated that Advocate Intizar Panjotha, the brother of his client, had been kidnapped, and now the petitioner was also being harassed by the police.

He asked the court to order the police to stop the harassment.

Separately, members of Insaf Lawyers’ Forum staged a protest demonstration at the GPO Chowk for the “recovery” of Advocate Intizar Panjotha.

They chanted slogans against the passage of the 26th Amendment.

Earlier, at a general house meeting of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA), President Asad Manzoor Butt announced chalking out a protest plan if the missing lawyer was not recovered within 24 hours.

He denounced the constitutional package regarding the judiciary, saying the lawyers rejected the 26th Amendment.

Published in Dawn, October 23th, 2024