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Sheikh Rasheed’s Interim Bail Extended in Zardari Defamation Case

Sheikh Rasheed's Interim Bail Extended in Zardari Defamation Case

Rasheed was booked at Aabpara police station, last year, for making defamatory remarks against Asif Ali Zardari.

The former minister appeared before the court in today’s hearing along with his lawyers Masroof Khan and Sardar Shehbaz Raza.

Judicial Magistrate Yasir Mahmood delivered the reserved verdict on Sheikh Rashid’s acquittal petition.

Sheikh Rasheed’s interim bail extended in Zardari remarks case

The case

AML chief Sheikh Rasheed was booked under three sections — 120B (criminal conspiracy), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief).

In the FIR, the complainant PPP divisional president stated that the AML chief tried to badmouth a former president and cause a “permanent danger” to the PPP co-chairman and his family.

With his provocatory allegations, Rasheed wants to cause a fight between the PTI and the PPP to disrupt the country’s peace, the FIR added.

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