Court stops police from arresting lawyer in Dua Zehra case.

MANSEHRA -- The Abbottabad Circuit Bench of the Peshawar High Court on Wednesday restrained the police from arresting senior lawyer Munir Hussain Lughmani of Mansehra and directed the senior police officers, including provincial chief, to appear before it to explain position on his earlier arrest in the Dua Zehra kidnapping case.

The provincial inspector general of police, Hazara Range deputy inspector general, and high-ups of Mansehra police will appear before Justice Shakeel Ahmad Khan and Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel on the next hearing, whose schedule will be issued later.

The orders were issued after the bench heard the counsel for petitioner Lughmani.

The lawyers, including Shad Mohammad Khan, Sardar Aman and Asif Shah, insisted that the police had arrested their client on June 1, 2022, without lawful authority and on trump-up charges in the Dua Zehra kidnapping case.

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They said their client had no role in Karachi resident Dua Zehra's 'kidnapping' and that the girl had married Zaheer of Lahore on her own free will after leaving her house.

A lawyer said Mr Lughmani was summoned by the police thrice seeking his help in the Due Zehra kidnapping case but was arrested on the 'fabricated' charge of sheltering the couple.

The district and sessions judge had granted Mr Lughmani bail in the case on June 1.

BAN: The administration on Wednesday banned livestock owners and dealers from holding cattle markets for Eidul Azha in Mansehra city and its suburbs.

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