LAHORE: Courts in Lahore and Attock declared the arrests of Haleem Adil Sheikh and Imran Riaz illegal.
Yesterday, the Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered the release of Haleem Adil Sheikh while the local court in Rawalpindi removed all the FIA provisions and ordered to produce Imran Riaz before the Attock Civil Judge.
The Lahore High Court has declared the arrest of opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh in the Sindh Assembly illegal and ordered his release, while a local court in Rawalpindi has ordered the removal of all terrorism provisions against anchor person Imran Riaz Khan.
Justice Ali Baqir Najafi of the LHC delivered a safe verdict in the Sindh Assembly on the hearing against the arrest of opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh.
Justice Najafi issued a five-page written verdict regarding the arrest of Haleem Adil Sheikh. Justice Najafi in his judgment said that it is a fact that the case against Haleem Adil Sheikh was registered at 7.30 am today, no notification was submitted before the court to appoint an investigating officer (IO) to probe into the case.
The court said that according to the record submitted by Anti-Corruption, no authority had issued an arrest warrant for Haleem Adil Sheikh.
Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) said that Haleem Adil Sheikh was arrested at 12 noon today.
The court wrote in its judgment that Haleem Adil Sheikh said in his statement that he was arrested at 3 o clock in the morning. There is no doubt that a case has been registered against Haleem Adil Sheikh but the arrest is illegal.
Sheikh, while talking to the media, said that a conspiracy was hatched to assassinate him in Bilawal House, just like Murtaza Bhutto was assassinated.
“All this is happening with the connivance of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). I became the Leader of the Opposition and I am being punished for being an activist of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.”
It should be noted that the Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh was arrested when he was present in Lahore. He was later produced before Model Town local court and then the LHC where his arrest stayed till July 18.
On the other hand, a local court in Rawalpindi has ordered to remove all the provisions of terrorism registered by the FIA in the arrest of anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan.
Anchorperson Imran Riaz’s lawyer had filed a petition in the local court of Rawalpindi against the arrest of Imran Riaz Khan.
The anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan was produced before Special Magistrate Pervez Khan, however, the public prosecutor did not appear in court on the occasion. The investigating officer (IO) sought judicial remand.
However, the court reserved its decision after hearing the arguments. Later, the local magistrate declared all the provisions of the FIA illegal and ordered Imran Riaz Khan to appear before the civil judge of Attock and wrapped up the case.
According to media reports, Chakwal police have taken custody of Imran Riaz Khan and took him to the city, as more than 20 cases have been registered against him in different cities.