Bannu DC orders 30-day detention of PTI MNA Naseem Ali Shah under MPO

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Maulana Syed Naseem Ali Shah was ordered detained for 30 days under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance by Bannu Deputy Commissioner Ziaur-Rehman over allegations of inciting illegal protests, blocking public roads and obstructing official duties, according to an order that emerged on Wednesday. According to a detention order issued on October 19, the deputy commissioner exercised his powers under Section 3(1) of the MPO and directed that the lawmaker be detained at Central Jail Haripur for 30 days, unless the order was withdrawn earlier. “The activities of the following individual involved in anti-state activities and actively instigating local residents to participate in illegal protests,” the order stated, adding that the activities included blocking public roads and obstructing the smooth functioning of official duties. The deputy commissioner said the material presented before him had led him to conclude that the lawmaker’s presence could pose a serious threat to public safety and result in a breach of public peace and order. The detention period, according to the order, would begin from the time of his arrest and detention. The order was also forwarded to senior provincial officials, including the additional chief secretary of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs Department, the commissioner of Bannu Division, the regional police officers of Bannu and Hazara divisions, and the DPOs of Bannu and Haripur. The superintendent of Central Jail Haripur was directed to keep the lawmaker in custody in accordance with the order. Read: Police allegedly arrest PTI MNA Nasim Ali Shah from Bannu Reports surfaced on Monday that police had arrested Naseem Ali Shah from his madrassa, Jamia Markaz-ul-Islami, in the Ghoriwala area of Bannu. According to that report, police conducted an operation at the religious seminary and took the PTI lawmaker into custody. At the time, police had not issued an official statement explaining the reasons for his arrest, and details of any cases registered against him or his whereabouts following the arrest remained unclear.

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