ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court on Saturday sent Awami Muslim League (AML) Chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid on 14-day judicial remand.
The court also rejected a petition of the law enforcement agencies seeking extension in physical remand of Rashid. The court had earlier reserved the verdict on the case.
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Rashid has filed a petition with the High Court asking for the dismissal of the charges brought against him in Karachi and Murree.
Two distinct cases were filed against him in Murree and Karachi after his detention earlier in the week.
Moreover, Muree Police was present in the court, who asked the judge to turn over the former minister. To ensure Rashid’s arrest, a squad from the Sindh Police travelled to Islamabad earlier in the week.
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Speaking during his appearance in the court, Rashid said “it is likely that I will be transferred to Karachi where I will be killed. If that happens, 5 people will be responsible”.
According to him, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Caretaker CM of Punjab Mohsin Naqvi and former president Asif Ali Zardari will be responsible if he is killed.
He urged his supporters to file a petition against these 5 people “in case something happens to me”.
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Moreover, Ahmed’s nephew, Sheikh Rashid Shafique, issued a statement on Ahmed’s behalf, who claimed that he was being taken to Karachi “to be killed”. “He (Ahmed) said: ‘If anything happens to me, an FIR should be filed against Shehbaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto and Rana Sanaullah.’,” Shafique added.
Rashid was arrested on a police complaint filed by Raja Inayatur Rehman, the vice president of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Rawalpindi Division, wherein he said that the AML chief, in a television interview on Jan 27, alleged that Zardari got the assistance of some terrorists to plan Imran’s murder.
The arrest came after the Islamabad Capital police issued Rashid a final warning to appear before it over a complaint lodged against him.
Another case was also registered against him at the Murree police station under Section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public function) and 506(ii) (criminal intimidation) of the PPC for manhandling a police official at the time of the arrest.
