The Lahore High Court has ordered the police to recover former chief minister of Punjab Pervaiz Elahi from the Attock jail and produce him before the court tomorrow (Tuesday).

The LHC also issued a contempt of court notice to the IG of Islamabad police while directing the District and Sessions Judge to produce Elahi in the court tomorrow.

LHC Justice Muhammad Amjad Rafiq conducted the hearing on the plea filed by the PTI president’s wife Qaisara Elahi, seeking contempt proceedings against the DIGs for allegedly disobeying LHC’s order restraining the authorities from arresting or detaining Elahi.

Earlier, the LHC sought a response from DIG Investigation Imran Kishwar and DIG Operations Ali Nasir Rizvi after Elahi’s wife sought contempt proceedings against the officials for disobeying court orders and arresting her husband.

Justice Rafiq had earlier instructed the officials to appear in court by 11am. However, a police spokesperson told the court that the officers were not in the province.

The LHC judge then inquired about the officials’ absence and warned of issuing a notice over their failure to appear in court.

DIG Security Kamran Adil arrived in court but the judge said that the official had not been summoned in the case. Subsequently, the judge instructed all the respondents to submit their responses in court by 2pm.

However, the DIG Investigation and DIG Operations failed to appear before the court.

Pervaiz underwent a medical examination in Islamabad on Monday after suddenly falling ill on Monday.

A heavy contingent of police set off with Elahi towards Islamabad at noon. He was brought for an examination at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, where doctors conducted multiple tests.

But the checkup was quickly wrapped up and security set off with Elahi back to Attock.