Qureshi's daughter moves LHC seeking details of FIRs registered against him.

LAHORE -- A writ petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday seeking details of undisclosed or new first information reports (FIR) on or after May 9 registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi.

The petition was filed by Meher Bano Qureshi, daughter of Qureshi, in which the chief secretary and inspector general police (IGP) Punjab and her father were made respondents.

She also requested the court to direct the concerned quarters to give protection of law to her father and not to arrest him in any new criminal case registered on or after May 9 without prior permission of the court.

Mehr Bano also contended that hundreds of politically motivated and unlawful FIRs have been registered against her father, other PTI leaders and workers, adding that thousands of the PTI workers have been picked up and are being 'illegally' detained.

The petition added that the whereabouts of many workers are unknown, stating that all of these developments amount to grave violations of the petitioner's rights under different articles of the Constitution.

'The petitioner seeks the protection of this...