The Islamabad High Court on Monday ordered police to not take further action against Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid in cases filed against him in Karachi and Balochistan in connection with alleged defamation of PPP leadership.
The Islamabad police had arrested the PTI ally on Feb 2 for remarks he made against former president Asif Ali Zardari and had granted the police his two-day physical remand the same day.
The AML chief on Feb 4 filed a petition in the IHC to nullify cases filed against him in Islamabad, Murree and Karachi, along with orders to prevent the police from taking him to Karachi until a final decision on the case is announced.
Upon completion of his physical remand the same day, an Islamabad court had then sent Rashid on a 14-day judicial remand in the case filed at the city’s Aabpara Police Station, rejecting the police request for another physical remand.
