The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has declared arrests made by police without due legal process as abduction and ordered action against the involved police officials. The court issued orders in a case involving the alleged abduction of a woman and minor children from Lahore and Bahawalpur. It dismissed the police case registered against Muhammad Waqas, Aleem Suhail, Sana Suhail, and Arham Waqas.
The matter stemmed from a financial dispute between former PIA Chief Executive Officer Musharraf Rasool and citizens Muhammad Waqas and Aleem Suhail. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani issued a detailed written verdict on petitions filed by Muhammad Waqas, Aleem Suhail, and Aleem Suhail’s wife Sana Suhail, seeking the quashing of the case registered against them. The court observed that, according to the DIG’s report, show-cause notices had already been issued to the police officials involved. It ruled that when legal process is misused and justice is compromised, the established principle is that such proceedings must be declared void.