Haleem Adil issue: Sheikh Rashid summons report from Chief Secretary Sindh
Last updated on: 22 February,2021 01:18 pm
The minister also directed to provide all necessary medical facilities to Haleem Adil Sheikh.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has taken notice of alleged ill-treatment of Opposition Leader of Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh and summoned a report from Chief Secretary of Sindh.
Sheikh Rashid, while taking notice of media reports, said that Haleem Adil is a respectable member of Sindh Assembly and basic human rights of the opposition leader should not be violated.
The minister also directed to provide all necessary medical facilities to Haleem Adil Sheikh.
Earlier, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry demanded immediate release of Opposition Leader of Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh.
Fawad Chaudhry, in a tweet, said that arrest of Haleem Adil Sheikh in a political case and attack on him by goons in highly condemnable.
It is to be noted here that Haleem Adil Sheikh was shifted to hospital due to heart pain.
According to sources, Haleem Adil Sheikh had complained of heart pain and requested the jail superintendent to take him to the hospital due to ill health.
It is to be mentioned here that an anti-terrorism court (ATC) has on Friday sent Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh to jail on judicial remand in a case pertaining to interference in official affairs.