ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Awami Muslim League (AML) and former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has filed a bail plea in Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday through his lawyer Abdul Razzaque in a case related to levelling allegations against former president Asif Ali Zardari.
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The former interior minister moved Islamabad High Court (IHC) after his two bail pleas had been rejected by district and sessions court.
The development came after a judicial magistrate and the district and sessions court rejected his bail petitions. Mr Ahmed argued the case registered against him was politically-motivated. He said the case was registered on a complaint by a third party.
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Saying he was ready to submit surety bonds, he pleaded the court to grant him bail in the case. The IHC will hear his bail petition on Feb 13.
CASE BACKGROUND:
AML chief Sheikh Rasheed was booked under three sections — 120B (criminal conspiracy), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief).
In the FIR, the PPP divisional president stated that the AML chief tried to badmouth a former president and cause a “permanent danger” to the PPP co-chairman and his family.
With his provocatory allegations, the FIR added that Rasheed wants to cause a fight between the PTI and the PPP and disrupt the country’s peace.
The PPP leader added that the AML chief claimed to have vital information regarding a “conspiracy” being hatched to assassinate the PTI chief.
The Islamabad police had arrested the former interior minister on Feb 2 after the case was registered against him.
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