Haleem Adil Sheikh in anti-corruption establishment's custody

Lahore: The opposition leader in Sindh Assembly and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Haleem Adil Sheikh has been taken into custody by Sindh Anti-Corruption Jamshoro with the help of Punjab Police from Lahore. 

According to details, the Anti-corruption Establishment and Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon confirmed arresting Haleem Adil Sheikh. 

As per officials, a case had been lodged against the PTI leader in Jamshoro on behalf of the district's circle officer Zeeshan Haider Memon for forging documents of 62 acres of land of Bola Khan police station.

Sources privy to the matter said that PTI leader fraudulently transferred government property on another person's name and later to his name. 

Haleem Adil was taken into custody by police personnel in plain clothes from a hotel located on MM Alam Road, Lahore and taken to an unknown location. 

Subsequently, Haleem's personnel secretary filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) through advocate Amir Saeed Rawn.

The petition maintained that no information was provided by the police regarding why and under what charges Haleem was taken into custody and the opposition leader had not been brought before any court of law.