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Appeal in SC seeking nullification of production orders of politicians filed
July 02, 2019
ISLAMABAD, July 02 (INP): An appeal filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenged the production orders of opposition leaders and politicians arrested over corruption allegations.
The application filed in the SC challenging the production orders issued by Speakers of the National and Provincial assemblies.
Speaker National Assembly, Asad Qaiser had issued production orders for Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur and Punjab Assembly speaker has issued production order for Hamza Shehbaz Sharif.
The appeal also challenges production orders of leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Mian Nawaz Sharif’s production orders along with that of Khwaja Saad Rafique and Agha Siraj Durrani.
The appeals seeks nullification of the production orders citing that such orders can’t be issued when the accused is under physical remand of law enforcement.
The accountability courts had awarded physical remands of all accused who were arrested prior on corruption allegations.
The appeal further entailed that the production orders were a systematic order which can’t be seen in isolation from court orders.
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