A district and sessions court in Islamabad has rejected police’s request ofextending physical remand of AML leader Sheikh Rashid and instead send himto jail on judicial remand.
Pronouncing the verdict reserved earlier, Judicial Magistrate Umar Shabbirordered to send Sheikh Rashid to Adiala Jail on judicial remand,effectively rejecting prosecutor’s request for five-day extension in thephysical remad.
Earlier, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was produced in the court in Islamabad afterhis two-day physical remand was expired.
The AML leader was arrested on Thursday last in connection with a complaintfiled by PPP Rawalpindi Vice President Raja Inayat Ur Rehman in Islamabad’sAabpara Police Station for alleging that PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardariwas hatching a plot to assassinate PTI chief Imran Khan.
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Sheikh Rashid was produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate Umar Shabbiron Saturday amid tight security.
The police again requested the court to approve AML leader’s physicalremand for another five days. The police said they had carried out thevoice matching test of Sheikh Rashid but photogrammetric test was still tobe conducted for which further remand was required.
