Islamabad Deputy Commissioner’s authority to issue the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) has been restored on Thursday. The Islamabad High Court today restored the Deputy Commissioner’s authority to issue the MPO. A division bench of the high court issued notices to the parties concerned on the appeals of chief commissioner and others against the single bench decision. Accepting the petitioners’ plea, the court issued a stay order on the verdict of the single bench. IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri issued the order. An intra-court appeal was filed by the chief commissioner and interior secretary challenging the decision of the single bench comprising Justice Babar Sattar who declared the Islamabad DC’s authority to issue an MPO illegal.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)