Sheikh Rashid's ancestral Lal Haveli 'completely sealed'

Awami Muslim League (AML) chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed's ancestral residence, Lal Haveli, was sealed in the wee hours of Monday. In a tweet, Rashid said that the residence was "completely sealed in the dark of the night" by the "bloodthirsty, who first shed blood of the government and now of Lal Haveli". "The Rangers and FC [Frontier Corps] were asked for help but they refused. The Lal Haveli was then sealed with the help of FIA [Federal Investigation Agency] and police," he claimed. Read Imran's allegations against Zardari 'may cause bloodshed', warns Asif He furthered that the Lal Haveli, a residence of fewer than five marlas, is his personal property and the central secretariat of public service. He announced that he will hold a press conference at his ancestral residence at 5pm today to address the issue. رات کےاندھیرے میں حکومت پرشب خون مارنےوالوں نےلال حویلی پرشب خون مارا ہے5مرلہ سےکم لال حویلی ہماری ذاتی ملکیت ہےاورعوامی خدمت کا مرکزی سیکریٹیریٹ ہےانھوں نےرینجرزاورFCسےمدد مانگی انھوں نےانکار کردیاپھرFIAاورپولیس کی مدد سےلال حویلی کوسیل کردیا۔5 بجے لال حویلی پریس کانفرنس کروں گا — Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) January 30, 2023 A heavy contingent of police and officers of the district administration were present while sealing the property. The endowment department has sealed all its entrances with official locks and will start further legal action from today. Asif Mehmood, the administrator of the Department of Abandoned Waqf Properties, said that the department has sealed seven units, including Lal Haveli, and has written to the authorities to confirm the registry of one unit of Rashid's Rawalpindi residence. He maintained that Lal Haveli is government land that it has been "illegally occupied" for a long time. Read More Exploring historical facts about Pindi’s Lal Haveli Meanwhile, the former minister has decided to challenge the move in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) and lawyers have been ordered to prepare a petition and file a petition in the next two hours. IHC Senior judge Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan will hear the petition requesting that the Lal Haveli be de-sealed. Speaking to Express News, the AML leader's lawyer Sardar Abdul Raziq said that the footage and photos of the sealing of Lal Haveli have been obtained. Court rejects Rashid's plea A day earlier, a civil court in Rawalpindi had rejected Sheikh Rashid’s petition challenging orders to evacuate Lal Haveli. However, Judge Naveed Akhtar said that the court could not stop any department from taking action under the law and the court postponed the hearing till Feb 15. The AML chief had argued in his petition that the evacuation of Lal Haveli was political victimisation as the case related to the property was already in litigation. Rashid prayed in his plea that the Evacuee Trust Property Board be stopped from taking action that, he alleged, was a part of “settling the score against him”.

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