Court rejects Sheikh Rashid's bail plea in Zardari remarks case

Court rejects Sheikh Rashid's bail plea in Zardari remarks case

Pakistan

Court rejects Sheikh Rashid bail plea in Zardari remarks case

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - An Islamabad court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Awami Muslim League (AML) leader and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) ally Sheikh Rashid in a case of allegedly making defamatory remarks against the PPP leadership.

The AML chief was arrested by the Islamabad police in the early hours of Thursday from his home in a private housing society in the capital city. A case was registered against Sheikh Rashid on a complaint lodged by the vice president of PPP’s Rawalpindi chapter at the Aabpara police station.

In a talk show, the complainant said, the AML chief accused the PPP co-chairman of having hatched a plan to use terrorists to assassinate PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

A local court in Islamabad on Saturday sent Mr Rashid to Adiala Jail on judicial remand for 14 days.