Haleem Adil Sheikh speaks outside court premises on Friday. PPI
KARACHI: The administrative judge of the antiterrorism courts on Friday remanded Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh in judicial custody in a case pertaining to violence, firing, attempted murder and terrorism during the PS-88 by-election in Malir.
The investigating officer, Inspector Nazar Mohammad Mangrio, produced Mr Sheikh, a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf leader, and four other suspects Ramzan, Mehmood, Ghulam Mustafa Hafeez and Abdul Haseeb before the administrative judge amid tight security on expiry of his two-day physical remand.
However, counsel for Mr Sheikh submitted that since the case did not fall within the ambit of the Anti-Terrorism Act the administrative judge had no jurisdiction to entertain the police’s request for remand.