Sheikh Rashid firm on contesting elections despite possible imprisonment
Pakistan
Latif Khosa, Aitzaz, Salman Akram, Sardar Abdul Razaq and Sardar Shehbaz will represent him in court
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Former federal interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says he will contest elections even if he is jailed.
Talking to journalists outside the Lahore High Court's Rawalpindi bench on Friday, he said, “The Pakistan Muslim League-N head and former premier Nawaz Sharif has started speaking and now I will also begin expressing my viewpoint.” Rashid expressed his wish to start visiting the press clubs after Jan 1.
He said prior to his chilla (spiritual seclusion) police submitted to the high court that no case had been registered against him anywhere. Now the court had directed police to submit details of the cases registered against him, the former minister said. He said the anti-terrorism court would decide on his bail applications tomorrow (Saturday).
In case of his imprisonment, the former minister said, Latif Khosa, Aitzaz Ahsan, Salman Akram, Sardar Abdul Razaq and Sardar Shehbaz would be his legal representatives.
Earlier, the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench heard the petition of the former minister in which he has requested details of cases registered against him in Punjab.
The court issuing notices to the parties sought a reply within a week.
