Former Pakistani Rights Minister Arrested, Court Orders Probe

Shireen Mazari (C), leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, addresses a news conference with party officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Nov. 27, 2013. B.K. Bangash/AP Photo

ISLAMABAD—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 former minister Shireen Mazari.