Rawalpindi: After receiving a threatening call regarding the targeting of Awami Muslim League chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, the Rawalpindi police informed the administration of Sheikh Rashid and Public Secretariat Lal Haveli and increased security by commandos of elite force.
The Rawalpindi Police received a threatening call regarding former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, regarding which Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, nephew of Sheikh Rashid Ahmed and resigned member of the National Assembly, confirmed to media that “on behalf of the SSP operation. It was informed by calling that a threatening call regarding Sheikh Rasheed was received on the official landline number of the office of CPO Rawalpindi through the Internet number, so you should also be careful.
He said that on behalf of the police, we are also registering a case against the unknown caller in the civil line police station. The police said that the security of Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed and the Public Secretariat is also being increased. Along with the already deployed police force at Lal Haveli, elite force commandos have also been deployed by the officers.
The senior officer also confirmed the deployment of elite force commandos at Lal Haveli. It should be remembered that Sheikh Rasheed has been receiving threatening phone calls even before and a case against him has already been registered in the Waris Khan police station, but the Rawalpindi police could not trace him even after a month.
Regarding the other recent threatening phone calls and actions, Journalists tried to contact CPO Rawalpindi and SSP Operations Waseem Riaz several times to get their stand but they did not respond while the police spokesperson said that their The above officers are also not being contacted.