A division bench of the Lahore High Court, while disposing of the petitions against the detention of PTI and PAT workers, directed the Home Secretary Punjab to address the grievances of the petitioners within four days. The bench heard 11 different petitions against the illegal detention of workers. The petitioners said the detention of workers was unlawful and unconstitutional while the court had already stopped the police from taking them into illegal detention.
They said illegal detention was continued. However, a Law Officer submitted a report and said since September 15, 2,540 detained persons had been released from different jails in Punjab. He however, said, the government took the people into detention in order to maintain law and order situation in the province. He further said the litigants must file their applications before the Home Secretary before they come to court to challenge the detention. The bench after hearing both parties directed Home Secretary Punjab to decide the applications of all aggrieved persons in four days and submit report.