RAWALPIND: Former interior minister and leader of the Awami Muslim League (AML), Sheikh Rasheed, has been taken into custody from his residence in Rawalpindi.
Sheikh Rasheed’s lawyer, Sardar Abdurrazaq, has confirmed that plainclothes individuals arrested the AML chief at his home. According to reports, the authorities detained and transported two nephews of the former interior minister to an undisclosed location.
On September 11, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned Sheikh Rashid Ahmed in connection with the National Crime Agency (NCA) £190 million Scandal, also known as the Al-Qadir Trust Case. The former federal minister had to appear before the anti-corruption watchdog.
Previously, on May 24, Sheikh Rasheed did not attend a scheduled NAB appearance related to the probe into the National Crime Agency’s £190 million scandal. He had been asked to appear before NAB due to his role as a former member of Imran Khan’s cabinet, which was involved in the decision regarding the £190 million settlement from the United Kingdom.
It is worth noting that Sheikh Rasheed had claimed that there were threats to his life, and three individuals had been assigned to assassinate him. He appealed to the then Chief Justice of Pakistan to take notice of this matter.
