Irfan Siddiqui’s Arrest Backfired To Govt: Maryam Nawaz

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Irfan Siddiqui’s arrest backfired to govt: Maryam Nawaz

Responding to a tweet, she said that there is a limit to everything and that limit has been crossed.

Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 28th July, 2019) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz said that journalist and adviser to former premiere Nawaz Sharif, Irfan Siddiqui got a bail because his arrest backfired.

Responding to a tweet, she said that there is a limit to everything and that limit has been crossed.

“No, it is because it backfired. There is a limit to everything and that limit has been crossed. Whatever excesses they commit now will only be counterproductive. So watch out!” she wrote.

A local magistrate has approved the bail petition of Irfan Siddiqui, a close advisor to former premier Nawaz Sharif.

Magistrate Mehreen Baloch approved the bail on Sunday against surety bonds worth Rs20,000.

Irfan Siddiqui was sent to the Adiala Jail on Saturday on a 14-day judicial remand for allegedly violating tenancy law i.e. not informing police while renting out his house.

He was produced in the courtroom of Magistrate Mehreen Baloch in Islamabad.

Meanwhile, Mr Siddiqui's defense counsel had pleaded with the court to release his client and termed the charges against him as "false and baseless.

According to details, Section 144 has been imposed in Islamabad, the violation of which has resulted in Mr Siddiqui's arrest under Section 188 of the Criminal Procedure Code allegedly for not informing the relevant police station about giving his house on rent.

He was arrested by police during a raid on his residence late Friday night and later shifted to the Ramna police station in Islamabad.

His son confirmed the news and claimed that the police did not inform them why his father had been taken into custody.

According to the FIR lodged against him, a citizen Javed Iqbal along with his family has been residing in a house; however a local police station was not informed about it.

Moreover, when police called Mr Siddiqui to appear in the police station, he failed to comply with the orders.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses