Police restrained from action against Rashid.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has stopped the police from taking action on the cases filed against Sheikh Rashid in Sindh and Balochistan till February 16.

The court also issued a restraining order on filing more cases across the country on the alleged statement accusing Asif Ali Zardari of plotting Imran Khan's murder and made it subject to a court order.

Notices were also issued to the attorney general, bar councils, and the advocate generals of Sindh and Balochistan.

Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri of the IHC heard the petitions against Rashid's summons to the police station and registration of cases in other provinces.

Rashid's lawyer Advocate Sardar Abdul Raziq argued that his client was in police custody, so an FIR was also registered in Karachi.

Rashid was tied to a chair in an unknown place for six hours, he said, adding that during this time, political questions were asked and he was subjected to violence.

Justice Jahangiri asked that if the statement was given in Islamabad's polyclinic hospital, then how was the case registered in Karachi.

'How can there be FIRs in different cities on the same incident?' he wondered.

'Terrorism cases were registered against the...

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