NA speaker declares parliament lodges as sub-jail for arrested PTI MNAs

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has declared the lodges of 10 arrested members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as sub-jails.

Speaker National Assembly has also signed the file declaring the lodges of PTI members as sub-jails while the National Assembly Secretariat has also issued a notification in this regard.

It should be remembered that 10 members of the assembly of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf were arrested inside the Parliament House on the night of September 9. Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, taking notice of the matter, suspended the Sergeant National Assembly and 4 security personnel.

Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq issued the production order of the arrested PTI members from the Parliament House and formed a committee to inquire into the matter.

On the other hand, a two-member bench of the Islamabad High Court invalidated the 8-day physical remand of the PTI members arrested from the Parliament House and said that the Speaker of the National Assembly is doing his job, but the court has to look into the matter of arrests.

Pearlier,  Islamabad High Court (IHC) adjourned hearing of petition of PTI founder against his potential trial in an army court till September 16.

IHC’s Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the case filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founder.