ATC grants bail to Haleem Adil Sheikh in Land grabbing case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh in a land grabbing case, ARY News reported.

As per details, the PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh appeared before the court in the land grabbing case.

The PTI leader’s counsel presented the arguments on the bail plea in the ATC. He said that the PTI leader wants to face the court in this case so the court is requested to accept the bail plea.

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At this, the court granted bail to the Sindh assembly opposition leader Haleem Adil Sheikh.

Earlier, the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday barred police, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from taking any ‘illegal’ action against PTI leader and Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh.

Charges

A case under land grabbing charges was registered against the Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil in Anti Encroachment police station Zone 2.

The FIR includes land-grabbing sections and other charges.

According to the complaint, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader along with three other persons illegally occupied 40 acres of public land in the Northern Bypass area of Karachi.

According to the ACE officials, Haleem Adil is allegedly not joining the investigation and despite repetitive notices, he failed to appear before the ACE.