Imran Khan Got Relief But Gwadar’s Hidayatur Rehman Is In Jail For 3 Months After Being Arrested From Court Premises

Supreme Court of Pakistan declared former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest “illegal” on the grounds that he was detained from within the Islamabad High Court’s premises, but Gwadar rights movement Haq Do Tehreek chief Maulana Hidayat ur Rehman remains in jail for over three months despite being arrested from a local court’s premises in Gwadar.

Haq Do Tehreek (HDT)  is a protest movement against the government with issues comprising illegal trawling in Gwadar’s water, a high number of security checkpoints, and trade on the Pak-Iran border among others.

Rehman was arrested from outside a Gwadar court where he had appeared for a case related to killing of a policeman in January.

Several charges were brought up against Rehman after talks between the HDT’s leaders and the military commanders in Balochistan failed over the protest demonstrations organised by the movement demanding basic rights.

Rehman had had 19 cases related to vandalism and other offenses registered against him, but was later granted bail by a sessions court in Gwadar in all cases, except one related to the killing of a policeman, during one of the protest demonstrations organised by the HDT.

In yesterday’s hearing on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan’s plea against his arrest from the premises of Islamabad High Court, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial declared the arrest “illegal” and questioned how can a person be arrested from a court’s premises.

News Desk