LHC orders FIA to produce Azhar Mashwani on April 3.

The Lahore High Court on Thursday ordered the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to recover and produce PTI social media activist Azhar Mashwani who has been missing for more than a week in court on April 3.

Justice Aalia Neelum issued the order on a habeas corpus petition filed by Mashwani's brother Mazharul Hassan.

Petitioner's counsel Azhar Siddique told the court that Mashwani was kidnapped from outside his Township residence on March 23 and since then his whereabouts were not known. Mashwani is a law-abiding citizen and entitled to the fundamental rights including the right of individuals to be dealt with in accordance with law in respect of liberty and security of a person, the counsel submitted.

The counsel alleged that police and the FIA were being used as a tool of the federal and provincial governments against the...