Unprecedented events unfolding in Pakistan, after Fawad Choudhary, former minister Sheikh Rasheed arrested in Islamabad
   02-Feb-2023
 
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In a dramatic turn of events, Islamabad Police on Wednesday night arrested PTI ally and former Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed for allegedly making remarks againstformer President Asif Ali Zardari, accusing him of hatching a conspiracy to eliminate PTI chief Imran Khan.
 
 
Pertinently, former Pakistani PM Imran Khan in a TV address on January 27 had alleged that Zardari was behind an assassination plot on him for which he had hired terrorists. The FIR registered against Sheikh claimed that Rashid has attempted to defame the former president, thereby creating a permanent threat to Zardari and his family.
 
 
Reacting to Sheikh’s arrest, Imran Khan condemned it and said "Strongly condemn arrest of Sh Rasheed.Never in our history have we had such a biased, vindictive Caretaker govt appt by totally discredited ECP. Question is can Pak afford a street movement which we are being pushed towards at a time when we have been bankrupted by Imported Govt?", he tweeted.
 
 
 
 
It is to be noted here Sheikh Rashid is the second ex minister to be arrested in a week after Fawad Choudhary. A week ago, Fawad Choudhary was arrested from Lahore for inciting violence and inflaming the sentiments of the people.
 
 
After the arrest Sheikh said, he feared for his life."My crime is that I’m standing with Imran Khan,” he said at the Polyclinic hospital in Islamabad, where he was taken for medical checkup. The former interior minister claimed that atleast 100 to 200 armed people raided his residence.
 
 
Claiming that Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah is “behind all this,” he said that truth would prevail at the end of the day and he stands by Imran Khan — in whose cabinet he served as the interior minister.
 
 
With the way the events are unfolding in Pakistan, former PM and PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest could be on the cards after his two former ministers, as he was the one who allegedly levelled charges against former President for hatching conspiracy to assassinate him without any concrete evidence.