More arrest warrants issued for Yar Muhammad Rind

Islamabad Police receives copies of arrest warrants from Balochistan Police.

The Islamabad Police on Monday received copies of arrest warrants for Yar Muhammad Rind in four new cases from the Balochistan Police, Express News reported.

Earlier, admitting Rind’s bail plea, the Supreme Court had ordered his release and had told him to submit a surety bond of Rs500,000.

The Islamabad Police maintained that Rind cannot be arrested as yet, because photocopies can be tampered and nothing can be said about their authenticity.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chauhdry headed the two-member bench which heard Rind’s review petition filed against a judgment of the Balochistan High Court.

The opposition leader had surrendered before the Supreme Court on Friday.

His counsel Akram Shaikh maintained that nobody was present during the trial court’s hearing against Rind and that later one-sided proceedings were carried out.

Rind’s second counsel, Tariq Mahmood, told the Supreme Court that cases of keeping weapons illegally and attempted murder were also filed against his client. He said that Rind requested that he cannot appear before the court in Balochistan and that the hearings should be conducted elsewhere.

The court issued notices to Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani and others and adjourned the hearing till November 19.

Speaking on the premises of the Supreme Court, Rind said that he was hopeful of getting justice before he had surrendered before the court.

“I have been freed from all six cases against me.”

Rind, his son Sardar Khan and four others were sentenced to life by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a man, and for failing to appear before the court on June 28, 2011.