The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday disposed of a petition seeking release of one Junaid Ijaz, who was allegedly picked up by Counter Terrorism Force (CTF) of police from Bhara Kahu. A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah conducted hearing of the petition moved by the father of Junaid through his counsel Ilyas Siddiqui Advocate and disposed of the matter after the counsel requested the court to permit him to withdraw the petition.
During the hearing, Siddiqui told the court that he intended to withdraw the petition as his client's son had returned home previous night. Therefore, the bench accepted his request to withdraw the petition.
The petitioner, Ijaz Ahmed, expressed apprehensions in the petition that the CTF might fabricate a false case against his son, Junaid, and kill him as the CTD personnel had done in Sahiwal. The petitioner requested the court to direct the CTF to produce his son before the court. He cited in-charge Counter Terrorism Force as respondent and stated in the petition that his son Junaid was sleeping at his home when all of the sudden, he heard hue and cry from the room where his sons Junaid and Hammad were sleeping.
He added that the persons who were in civvies took away Junaid, 25, with them. He said that two persons were in uniform wearing clothes like uniform of CTF while other persons were in civil clothes and were muffed faces.
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