Shireen Mazari arrested for third time

A hide-and-seek game between the government and PTI female leader Dr. Shireen Mazari continues as she has been arrested once again by the Punjab police, the 24NewsHd Tv channel reported on Wednesday. 

The PTI claimed that police have “abducted” party leader Shireen Mazari again, “in a clear violation” of the Islamabad High Court order “prohibiting her arrest until a hearing tomorrow”.

Police has abducted @ShireenMazari1 again. This is a clear violation of order given Islamabad High Court prohibiting her arrest until hearing tomorrow. There’s no respect for Courts anymore by this regime!
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— PTI (@PTIofficial) May 17, 2023

“There’s no respect for courts anymore by this regime,” the PTI said in a tweet. 

The sources said that she was arrested by the Punjab police under Section 4 of the Maintenance of Public Order. 

Taking to Twitter, her daughter Imaan Mazari confirmed that Punjab police arrested Dr. Shireen Mazari just now from her house despite an order from the Islamabad High Court order. 

https://twitter.com/theasianmirror/status/1658882584229576722?cxt=HHwWpICw0fq6xIUuAAAA

 Mazari was first arrested on May 12 under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Public Order (3MPO). She was granted bail on May 16 but was re-arrested on the same day as she was leaving the Adiala Jail.

On Wednesday, she received bail again but was arrested from her residence in Islamabad for the third time.

 The government has launched a massive crackdown against the PTI following the May 9 mayhem. The party’s top-tier and second-tier leadership is in jail. Those receiving bail from the high courts are being arrested again.

Earlier, Mazari and Senator Falak Naz Chitrali were granted blanket relief by the Islamabad High Court (IHC), barring the authorities from arresting them.