{"id":10015,"date":"2023-10-02T11:34:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T11:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/lhc-directs-authorities-to-produce-rashid-within-seven-days-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T11:34:07","slug":"lhc-directs-authorities-to-produce-rashid-within-seven-days-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/lhc-directs-authorities-to-produce-rashid-within-seven-days-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"LHC directs authorities to produce Rashid within seven days | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nRAWALPINDI:
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The Lahore High Court\u2019s (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Monday directed authorities to produce former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed ‘within a week’.<\/p>\n

During the hearing last week, the LHC had given Rawalpindi police a “last chance” to\u00a0recover the Awami Muslim League (AML) chief.<\/p>\n

The hearing today was presided over by\u00a0Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan and\u00a0Rashid\u2019s counsel and Regional Police Officer (RPO) Syed Khurram Ali were present. The police officer also submitted an investigation report in court.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rejecting the report, the court ordered the RPO to recover the PTI ally within\u00a0a week or else a case would be registered against all officers involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have crossed your limit. A case will be registered against the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations, the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) and four Station House Officers (SHOs) responsible for Rashid’s\u00a0arrest,\u201d said the judge.<\/p>\n

Judge Sadaqat also sought affidavits from Rashid\u2019s lawyers regarding his arrest. The counsel claimed that there is video evidence of their client being arrested from his house and then being transferred to an intelligence office located in the area of Golra Sharif. The LHC also sought videos of Rashid\u2019s transfer to the intelligence office.<\/p>\n

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On the other hand, Rashid’s nephew Sheikh Shakir and employee Sheikh Imran, who were arrested along with him, have been released.<\/p>\n

Last week, LHC had expressed its displeasure over the detention of the former interior minister and had given authorities a “last chance”<\/a> to recover the PTI ally by October 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn failing to do so, strict action will be taken against the force.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justice Sadaqat, from the Rawalpindi bench of LHC, had reprimanded the RPO for failing to recover the veteran politician.<\/p>\n

Rashid was at his home in a private housing society on the outskirts of Islamabad on Sept 17 when purported Rawalpindi Police personnel and some officials in plain clothes, raided the residence and detained him and three others. However, in a statement issued later that night, a spokesperson of the Rawalpindi Police denied the arrest and claimed Rashid was not in their custody. He has been missing since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n