KARACHI: The Sindh High Court restrained the Rangers director general and others on Monday from unlawfully arresting a member of Muttahia Qaumi Movement- London Coordination Committee. A division bench headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto directed the paramilitary troops, and other law enforcers to ‘act strictly in accordance with law.’ It issued notices to the secretary interior, homes secretary, Rangers director general, and Sindh police chief to file their respective replies to the petition filed by the spouse of MQM’s London committee leader against alleged unlawful and unconstitutional harassment at the hands of the law enforcement agencies. The hearing was put off till November 08. Petitioner Shabana Ishaque submitted that the paramilitary troops were unconstitutionally persecuting her and other family members to elicit the information about the whereabouts of her husband, Saathi Ishaque. She said she was feeling great apprehension about his safety as his whereabouts were unknown to her. She told the judges that On October 22, 2016, she and her husband were busy in routine work at their office when they received a phone call from her son back home, informing them about the raid which was carried out by the Rangers personnel. She said the Rangers not only roughed her son up but also misbehaved with her daughter. Her children were kept under illegal detention for an hour in an attempt to seek the whereabouts of their father, she added. The woman petitioner argued that the Rangers raid was unethical, professional misconduct and flagrant violation of the Constitution. She said the Rangers personnel were present in the vicinity of her house, doing snap checking to nab her husband. Mrs Ishaque stated that her husband, being the member of a political party and a citizen, is entitled to protection of his fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution. Yet there is serious apprehension that her husband would be denied fundamental rights, she said adding that her husband would be detained under MPO. The petitioner requested the court to direct the law enforcers to immediately submit complete details of the FIRs and criminal cases registered against her husband. The court was requested to order that the law enforcement agencies cannot act beyond their official power and capacity to blatantly violate the rights of the petitioner’s husband. It was further requested to restrain the law enforcers from harassing the petitioner and other family members.