Attock court acquits Sheikh Rasheed, his nephew in Masjid-e-Nabawi hooliganism case.

A court in Attock acquitted Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and his nephew Sheikh Rashid Shafiq in the blasphemy case filed against them over sloganeering incident at the Masjid-e-Nabawi (PBUH).

Judicial Magistrate Mohammad Arif announced the verdict in the case registered at the Attock s New Airport police station for hooliganism.

In April last, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his delegation comprising Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, Shahzain Bugti, Mohsin Dawar and others visited Saudi Arabia. During the trip, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Shahzain Bugti and others paid a visit to the mosque in Madinah when a group of protesters heckled them and chanted...

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