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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday restrained police from taking any actions on FIRs registered in Sindh and in Balochistan against the head of Awami Muslim League (AML) Sheikh Rashid.
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Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri heard AML chief ‘s petition during which Sheikh Rashid’s lawyer said the court had already stayed further action on the summons by the Abpara police station, but the police registered a case in the same plea and made an arrest. Another FIR was registered in Karachi when Sheikh Rashid was in the police custody, he added.
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On this occasion, Justice Jahangiri asked that the place of statement was polyclinic hospital, so how was a case registered in Karachi? He also questioned as to how could there be FIRs in different cities on the same incident?
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The court issued notices to the bar councils, the Attorney General and Advocate General, restraining them from proceeding in the cases registered against Rashid in Mochko area of Karachi and Hub area of Balochistan, after which the hearing was adjourned until February 9.