F.P. Report
RAWALPINDI: Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has been named in thirteen cases of May 9 incidents.
The Anti-terrorism court Rawalpindi judge heard the bail application of the former minister on Friday in the May 9 incidents. Sheikh Rashid appeared before the court along with his nephew Rashid Shafiq and counsel Abdul Razzaq Khan.
The counsel of Rashid requested the court for pre-arrest bail of his client in the cases registered with RA Bazar, Taxila, Wah Cantt, Saddar Cantt and GHQ attack cases. He said that political vendetta against the former minister is underway and he along with Rashid Shafiq has been named in several cases through supplementary statements. He said we are hearing daily that new cases are being registered against them.
In a lighter note, the judge asked the former minister that it seems things are going against him after his ‘seclusion.’ Sheik Rashid responded he had no case prior to the ‘seclusion.’
The Inspector General of Police Punjab submitted in writing that no case had been registered against Sheikh Rashid pertaining to the May 9 incidents, however, now his client is being named in the cases through supplementary statements, advocate Abdul Razzaq claimed.
The court granted pre-arrest bail to Sheikh Rashid and Rashid Shafiq till Nov 18. The judge also combined all their applications.
