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Court orders probe into former Pakistan minister’s arrest

Former Federal Minister for Human Rights of Pakistan Shireen Mazari [File: Fabrice Coffrini via Reuters]

A court in Pakistan’s capital has ordered an investigation into the controversial arrest of a former human rights minister over a decades-old land dispute.

Chief Justice Ather Minallah of the Islamabad High Court late Saturday ordered the probe in response to a petition from the daughter of ex-minister Shireen Mazari.

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