Justice Arbab and IHC CJ Farooq hear a plea challenging Jan’s remand.
The lawyer claims that the case makes no reference to the purchase or sale of “ice.”.
The journalist ought to be placed under court remand at this point.
The physical remand of senior journalist Matiullah Jan in a case against him at the Margalla Police Station in the federal capital for anti-terrorism and anti-narcotics charges was suspended by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday.
Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir and IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq made the announcement in response to a plea contesting Jan’s two-day physical remand that an anti-terrorism court (ATC) had granted on Thursday.
This comes a day after the journalist was taken into custody by the Islamabad Police at the E-9 checkpoint on charges of assaulting directors.
