KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and the Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh, has been arrested by police for violating the orders of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
The election commission has taken strict action against Haleem Adil Sheikh who was roaming freely in the PS-88 constituency along with his armed guards during the by-elections besides paying visits to different polling stations.
The authorities have warned Haleem Adil Sheikh to immediately leave the premises of the constituency, however, he was later arrested by police after he refused to obey the ECP orders.
According to ECP’s election code of conduct, public office holders could not visit polling stations, whereas, the politician was consistently visiting different polling stations since 8:00 am today.
The spokesperson added that Sheikh was involved in the violation of the election code of conduct, whereas, police and staff of other polling stations were informed about the situation.
It may be noted here that the central election cell of PS-88 sent written complaint to the ECP regarding the violation of the code of conduct by Haleem Adil Sheikh.
Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Haleem Adil Sheikh’s was attacked in Darsano Chano during a visit to Malir’s PS-88 polling station Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Sindh Assembly opposition leader, supporters of Pakistan Peoples Party opened fire at his car. “The bullets were fired in the presence of the police,” he said.
Immediately after the attack, security personnel reached the site.Sheikh remained safe in the attack as his car has bulletproof windshields.
Earlier in the week, the leader has said that his life was under threat. If anything happens to me, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be responsible for it, he said.
During his visit to the polling station, Sheikh said that PPP supporters were influencing voters and threatening them. “The Election Commission of Pakistan has failed in conducting fair elections.”
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is organising by-elections on two vacant seats of Sindh and one from Balochistan Assembly today.