Judicial magistrate Umar Shabbir, while rejecting the prosecution's plea for extending physical remand, has sent the former parliamentarian to jail on judicial remand for 14 days.
Law enforcement authorities had asked for five day's extension in Sheikh Rasheed's physical remand, while his lawyers had petitioned for his release.
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Speaking to journalists from behind a heavy security cordon that tried to 'escort' him away, Sheikh Rasheed said that his life was in danger and five people were plotting to murder him. that if anything happened to him, these people – his political rivals, real and perceived – should be nominated as his killers.
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Islamabad judicial magistrate Umar Shabbir announced the verdict at 4pm today (Saturday). The verdict was reserved after the magistrate heard both sides' arguments in the afternoon.
Law enforcement authorities had asked for five day's extension in Sheikh Rasheed's physical remand, while his lawyers had petitioned for his release.
https://twitter.com/TFT_/status/1621845965203292160
Speaking to journalists from behind a heavy security cordon that tried to 'escort' him away, Sheikh Rasheed said that his life was in danger and five people were plotting to murder him. that if anything happened to him, these people – his political rivals, real and perceived – should be nominated as his killers.
https://twitter.com/TFT_/status/1621844633536942080
Islamabad judicial magistrate Umar Shabbir announced the verdict at 4pm today (Saturday). The verdict was reserved after the magistrate heard both sides' arguments in the afternoon.