The Islamabad High Court ordered the recovery of the two missing brothers of social media activist Azhar Mashwani and brought them before the court.
Islamabad High Court Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb heard the petition filed for the recovery of 2 missing brothers of Azhar Mashwani.
Azhar Mashwani’s brother Professor Mazhar Al Hasan and Professor Zahoor Al Hasan have been missing since June 6. Lawyer Babar Awan appeared before the court on behalf of the father of both the missing brothers.
Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb inquired that it is in the newspaper today, are they arrested? On which the lawyer Babar Awan said that the petitioner is not arrested but he is the father of the 2 missing brothers, Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said that it is right that he is the one who has been arrested.
Recovery of Azhar Mashwani’s brothers: “If the police report changes, then we will see”, court
Lawyer Babar Awan said that Azhar Mashwani is a social media activist who was also picked up earlier, 2 professor brothers were picked up on June 6 while Rauf Hasan and Barrister Gohar were also arrested on June 5. Gohar was not arrested. Hasan was arrested.
The judge smilingly remarked that Gauhar wanted to be arrested but was not arrested as he did not meet the qualification yet.
Babar Awan said that we first filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, which was withdrawn on August 5. A WhatsApp message from the secret agency came from Islamabad, which was put on record. The message said to stop social media activities. His brother is with Islamabad secret agency, Azhar Mashwani’s wife had gone abroad for this we filed a petition in Peshawar High Court.
During the hearing, the Islamabad High Court ordered Azhar Mashwani’s two brothers to be extradited and produced before the court.