Court declines to give protection to PTI leadership in all FIRs.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday declined to give a blanket cover to the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in all the First Information Reports (FIRs) registered within the federal capital.

IHC Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb disposed of the petition filed by PTI's General Secretary Asad Umar and others seeking details of all the cases registered against the leadership of political party with a direction to seek appropriate remedy from the relevant court.

The PTI leadership filed the petition before the IHC seeking details of all the FIRs registered against the party leaders and also sought protection of the court in all such cases.

In response to the direction of the IHC, The DSP (Legal) Islamabad police has provided a list of all the cases registered within the jurisdiction of the Islamabad Capital Territory against each of the petitioners.

The said list also mentions the FIR numbers, the date of registration and the police station where they have been registered.

The court made this list as a part of the record.

'Now that the information sought by the petitioners...

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