Ahmed Mukhtar Naqshbandi
ISLAMABAD: A court in Islamabad granted post-arrest bail to Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid in a case registered by the Murree police against him for allegedly interfering in state affairs and resisting his arrest.
The judge approved the bail of the former interior minister against surety bonds worth Rs50,000.
The close ally of Pakistan Thereek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, is detained at the Adiala Jail on 14-day judicial remand in another case.
Bail pleas turned down earlier
The development comes a couple of days after a judicial magistrate, and the district and sessions court turned down his bail petitions.
The AML chief has been detained after he claimed that former president Asif Ali Zardari had hatched a plot to murder Imran Khan.
The capital police had arrested the ex-interior minister on February 2 after a case was registered at the Aabpara police station. Following his arrest, the court approved his two-day physical remand, and later he was sent on judicial remand for 14 days.
Earlier this week, Sheikh Rashid was handed over to the Muree police for investigation on a one-day transit remand related to the interference in state affairs.
