LAHORE: An anti-corruption unit from Karachi detained Chief of the Opposition in Sindh Meeting Haleem Adil Sheikh in Lahore, spokesperson of the Lahore police stated, hours after the PTI stated he was arrested by “plainclothesmen” within the wee of Wednesday from Punjab’s capital.
Lahore police spokesperson Syed Mubashir confirmed the media that Lahore police had assisted the Anti-Corruption Institution within the arrest, including that Haleem was within the ACE’s custody and never the Lahore police.
Earlier, PTI Secretary Normal Asad Umar stated on Twitter that Sheikh was arrested by “plainclothesmen” in the course of the night time. “This isn’t even arrest. It’s kidnapping. No rule of regulation left within the nation. This example is a check for each bar and bench, media and human rights teams,” he stated.
Umar’s tweet adopted a number of posts on social media by Haleem’s daughter, Ayesha Haleem, who stated the incident occurred at 3:30am. She additionally shared video clips.
In a video assertion on Twitter, Ayesha stated: “I don’t know whether or not that is an arrest or a kidnapping, as there was no warrant. Neither his attorneys nor his household is aware of of his whereabouts.”
She added that Haleem had indicated a number of occasions, significantly over the past week, that there was a menace to his life. “He had written letters to related authorities, together with the chief justice of Pakistan, telling them that there was a menace to his life and that he had obtained data that plans had been devised to take him into custody and trigger him hurt.”
Ayesha alleged 20 to 25 police cellular models had been stationed round their residence over the past week and monitoring individuals, in addition to Haleem’s whereabouts. She added that the cellular vans included automobiles that had been a part of the Chief Minister Home’s safety element. Furthermore, she continued, “there have been people in civilian garments, a lot of whom had legal backgrounds”.
She alleged Haleem had been “politically victimised” by the Sindh authorities up to now in addition to he had been “exposing” them. She recounted that he was booked underneath terrorism prices a month in the past and the time of the offence talked about was when Haleem was visiting a tv channel for a dwell programme.
In a subsequent tweet, she stated the Lahore police had denied arresting Haleem.
“Lahore police say … they don’t know the place he’s and that they have no idea of any plans for his arrest,” she stated. So i ask #WhereIsHaleemAdil and WHO TOOK HIM.”
Plea filed for Haleem’s restoration
In the meantime, a petition was filed within the Lahore Excessive Courtroom for Haleem’s restoration by Advocate Amir Saeed Rawn.
The Punjab inspector normal of police and others have been made respondents within the plea, which states that males in plainclothesmen had picked up Haleem in Lahore on Tuesday night time.
Police had been approached, but there was no replace on Haleem’s whereabouts, the plea stated, including that the PTI chief had not been offered earlier than any court docket till now.
The court docket was requested within the plea to subject directives for presenting Haleem earlier than the LHC.