*KARACHI – Raids were conducted in Karachi by Islamabad police team toarrest former Pakistan People’s Party senator Faisal Raza Abidi.*
*Abidi’s arrest warrant were issued by the court a week ago.*
The capital police have registered a case against Abidi for usingderogatory and defamatory language against Chief Justice of Pakistan MianSaqib Nisar. The case was registered at the Secretariat police stationunder PPC’s sections 228, 500, 505(ii) and 34 read with the ATA 1997 on acomplaint lodged by Supreme Court Public Relations Officer Shahid HussainKambyo.
The police team, led by a deputy inspector general of Islamabad police, iscarrying out raids at different places to arrest Abidi for last two daysbut his whereabouts couldn’t be located.
According to the FIR, in a video, which vent viral on social media,outspoken Abidi allegedly used contemptuous, and threatening languageagainst state institutions. The former senator has been accused of levelingaccusations against individuals holding the highest constitutional posts.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court had directed the police to ensure thatformer senator Faisal Raza Abidi appears in the court in a contempt ofcourt case.