Sheikh Rashid fears arrest as police file complaint against Zardari – Pakistan

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Sheikh Rashid fears arrest as police complaint filed over Zardari allegation

Sheikh Rashid fears arrest as police file complaint over allegations against Zardari

January 31, 2023 1:48 p.m.

RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Awami Muslim League (AML) leader Sheikh Rashid Ahmed revealed on Tuesday that a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader had filed a complaint against him for accusing former President Asif Ali Zardari of plotting the assassination of the leader of the PTI. Imran Khan.

In a series of tweets, he said that Raja Inayat Rehman, the deputy chairman of the Rawalpindi branch of the PPP, filed the complaint at Abpara police station. Mr Ahmed said he was summoned to the police station at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

The former Home Secretary said that when he sent his lawyer to submit his response, the SHO refused to accept it. The police officer, according to the head of the AML, told the lawyer that he had been ordered not to accept the statement so that Sheikh Rashid could be arrested in this case.

Citing writ number 213/22, he said the court should be put in confidence before any action against him. “I have the right to submit my response through the lawyer, but the SHO is reluctant,” he said.

Earlier, Mr Ahmed on Tuesday expressed his deep sorrow over the loss of life in a brazen terrorist attack in Peshawar.

In a tweet, the former interior minister said his thoughts and prayers were with the families of those who were martyred and injured in Monday’s attack. “May Allah protect Pakistan from terrorism and local and foreign conspiracies,” he wrote.

A day earlier, a suicide bomber managed to enter a mosque within police lines in Peshawar and blew himself up during Zuhr prayers, killing at least 93 people and injuring 157 others.

The explosion was so powerful that part of the mosque collapsed, leaving several worshipers trapped under the rubble. The rescue operation has entered its final phase as efforts are made to recover all people from the rubble.

The major attack comes as the South Asian country faces a new wave of terrorism since the outlawed TTP pulled out of a ceasefire last November.

Local and world leaders widely condemned the Peshawar blast, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari calling for the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) with full force.

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