ISLAMABAD, May 1: The former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad’s nephew has been arrested by Government officials dressed in civilian clothes as soon as his plane landed at New Islamabad International Airport. MNA Shafiq reached Islamabad International Airport through a private airline on Sunday when the authorities rounded him up. A case has been registered in Faisalabad police station against the nephew of Sh Rashid for his alleged participation in the protest against the visiting PM and his companions held by the PTI people at holy Masjid-e-Nabvi. The plain-clothed FIA officials detained MrShafiq as soon as he reached the Islamabad Airport. Sources divulged that Rashid Shafiq later was handed over to the Faisalabad police. Sh Rashid condemned his nephew’s arrest saying the government had indulged in political victimization. He rued that after registering cases, the authorities were conducting house raids. The former interior minister reiterated that ‘wherever these people (rulers) go, they will be hounded and slogans will be raised against them’. He claimed that at the behest of government, the authorities were going to arrest plenty of PTI people. “The country is descending to revenge politics,” he said adding that cases were registered against him, Imran Khan and Fawad Chaudhry, though none of them was present in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, a First Information Report was registered on Sunday against 15 nominated PTI stalwarts including its Chief Imran Khan, Sh Rashid, Shehbaz Gill, QasimSuri, Anil Musarrat, IjazulHaq and 100 other unknown persons. The case was registered on the complaint of a citizen, Muhammad Naeem in Medina Town, Faisalabad. – DNA
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