IHC orders immediate de-sealing of PTI central secretariat

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordered immediate de-sealing  of the central secretariat of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf(PTI). Islamabad High Court Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz issued a reserved judgment in which the court said that Capital Development Authority(CDA) had issued notices to the previous owner in 2022 and 2023 and no explanation could be given as to why notices were sent to the old owner. The court judgment said that no receipt of service of notice or show cause notice was on record. The order to seal the office of CDA was not written to PTI nor was a copy sent. The court ordered the PTI secretariat to be de-sealed immediately and said that CDA could take action if there were any violation of the law. The Islamabad High Court had reserved its decision on the petition against the sealing of the PTI central secretariat and the operation. [embedpost slug="ihc-reserves-judgment-on-pti-central-secretariat-seal-case"] Earlier,  Islamabad High Court (IHC) reserved judgment on the petition against the sealing of the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf(PTI)  central secretariat and the operation of the Capital Development Authority (CDA). Islamabad High Court Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz heard the petition in which lawyers Shoaib Shaheen and Umeer Baloch appeared in the court on behalf of PTI leader Omar Ayub.