ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Vice President and the leader of opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh has filed contempt of court in the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) against top provincial police officials.
The contempt of court was filed against IGP Sindh, additional IGP Karachi, DIG East, SSP Malir, IO Memon Goth police station and other police officers.
The Sindh police had filed cases under terrorism act against Haleem Adil Sheikh, despite clear orders of the Supreme Court.
Haleem Adil in his constitutional petition made respondents IGP Mushtaq Mahar, AIGP Ghulam Nabi Memon, DIG East Nauman Siddiqui, SSP Malir and others. The apex court issued notices on the petition.
Talking to media outside the Supreme Court, flanked by Senator Saifullah Abro, advocate of ILF Abdul Wahab, Advocate Mumtaz Gopang, Ziaur Rehman Satti and others, Haleem Adil said that we have always raised voice for the people of Sindh the rulers of Sindh have always tried to suppress it.
He said he had gone to Malir to cast his vote but the police booked me under anti-terrorism act. He said the rulers consider speaking against the PPP as terrorism. He said in Sindh political opponents are booked under fake terrorism cases.
He said today we have filed a court contempt petition. He recalled that a five member bench of SCP had given verdict that sections of anti-terrorism act would not be applicable in political cases.
He said Sindh police is powerless as whole control is with the chief minister.
He said police officers in Sindh are involved in drug peddling. Drugs of billions of rupees have already been recovered from the houses of police officers. He said vehicles of Rs 240 million are purchased in Sindh to neutralize stray dogs. He said vehicles of millions of rupees were bought to kill locust in Sindh and they are now in personal use of officers.
He said Justice Aftab Gorar had given a decision and suspended PPP MPs and some men of PPP had threatened the Justice to use rocket launcher against him.
Sheikh said that patients in Sindh do not get facilities of ambulance but costly vehicles are being purchased for stray dogs.
He said in Tando Allahyar police killed a youth Babar Khanzada because he refused to give them bribes. He said Sindh police is now a politicalized force. He said some bigwigs are also involved in drug trade along with police.
He said he would continue to raise voice to expose corruption of rulers in Sindh.
He said he has faith in courts and he hope that justice would be doled out to him. He said he has already requested the Prime Minister to form JITs to probe anti-terrorism cases filed on political grounds.
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