The court said that Deputy Commissioner Islamabad does not have the authority to issue 3MPOs, it should be vested only in the federal cabinet.


Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday declared the powers of Deputy Commissioner to arrest a person under Three-Maintenance of Public Order (3MPO) as illegal.
According to the details, the case of arrest of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders Shehryar Afridi and Shandana Gulzar under 3MPO was heard in Islamabad High Court.
Justice Babar Sattar of the IHC pronounced the pre-reserved judgment allowing the pleas of Shehryar Afridi and Shandana Gulzar against the MPO order.
The court said that Deputy Commissioner Islamabad does not have the authority to issue 3MPOs, it should be vested only in the federal cabinet.
The Islamabad High Court disposed of the petition of Shehryar Afridi and Shandaz Gulzar declaring Section 18 of the 3MPO Act, 1980 as illegal.

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