LAHORE:
Leader of Opposition in Sindh Assembly, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Haleem Adil Sheikh was taken into custody from Lahore on Wednesday by officers dressed in plain clothes and transferred to an unknown location.
A video of the arrest is making rounds on social media.
Can someone tell me who these people are? Has Haleem Adil Sheikh been arrested or was he kidnapped?! Where have they taken him and on what grounds has he been taken?! What is this land of lawlessness? #WhereIsHaleemAdil pic.twitter.com/IRKOYZej4P
— Ayesha Haleem Adil Sheikh (@ayesha_haleem) July 6, 2022
In the CCTV camera footage, the PTI leader can be seen walking with men dressed in civilian clothes.
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According to reports, the Lahore police has not said anything about arresting Sheikh. His daughter, Ayesha Haleem Adil Sheikh has claimed that the police have not taken the family’s concerns seriously.
We contacted the Gulberg thana which has control of the area my father was taken from, the police officer laughed at our faces and said he has no idea where @HaleemAdil and that they have no information about the arrest. If not the police, who has taken him?! #WhereIsHaleemAdil
— Ayesha Haleem Adil Sheikh (@ayesha_haleem) July 6, 2022
The PTI has alleged that he was “abducted” in the early hours of Wednesday morning but no further information has been provided about his whereabouts.
Earlier in June, the leader had also expressed fears that a conspiracy is being hatched to kill him and had also written a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial highlighting a “grave threat” to his life, allegedly by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership.
Earlier, senior journalist and Express News anchorperson Imran Riaz Khan, the most vocal critic of the ruling coalition, was arrested from Islamabad Toll Plaza late on Tuesday disregarding the fact that a court had already granted him pre-arrest bail.
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Imran Riaz, who is currently associated with Express News, had been implicated in a slew of cases that he says were motivated by his refusal to “stop speaking the truth”.
It is also pertinent to note that the PTI has been leading a vicious campaign against the security establishment since the toppling of its government in April this year through a vote of no-confidence. However, Imran Khan claims it was a conspiracy orchestrated and bankrolled by the United States.
Imran himself and his party blamed the military and have mounted a vociferous campaign – especially on social media – to directly point the accusatory finger at some senior officials.
