Ayesha summoned in plea against Hamza

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THE Lahore High Court on Friday summoned Ayesha Ahad Malik in connection with a petition she had moved for registration of a case against police torture allegedly at the behest of Hamza Shahbaz and Ali Imran Yousaf, son and son-in-law of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif respectively.

Petitioner Ayesha, who claimed to be wife of Hamza Shahbaz, through her counsel Aftab Ahmad Bajwa, contended that on October 3, 2011 Inspector Attique Dogar, and in-charge investigation Defence-A Police Station Zulifqar Cheema along with 20 other policemen thrashed her outside the sessions courts and snatched her belongings. Later, the police forcibly took her to Racecourse Police Station, she alleged, adding that Ex-IGP Rana Maqbool and Ali Imran Yousaf visited the police station and threatened her with dire consequences if she did not remain silent. She said police again tortured her in presence of both abovementioned persons allegedly at the behest of a top figure of Punjab.

Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu asked the counsel who was the top figure was.

The counsel replied that Hamza Shahbaz was behind all the drama as he had married petitioner Ayesha. The judge asked the counsel to produce Ayesha in the court on the next hearing, April 18. Bajwa further pleaded that the sessions court had ordered police to register case against delinquent police officials but no case had been registered so far.