Court declares Sheikh Rashid’s Lal Haveli sealing decision null and void

In a decision that favoured former interior minister Sheikh Rashid, the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on Monday instructed the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) to remove seals from Lal Haveli, the home of the Awami Muslim League (AML) leader.

The Lal Haveli is a famous building at Bohar Bazar in Rawalpindi, it serves as the political office of AML.

In a decision, Mirza Waqas Rauf announced the decision to seal the haveli null and void.

ETPB sealed Lal Haveli last month, stating that Rashid’s property papers were not right. On September 21, ETPB, with help from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and police, removed the people living there.

The AML chief’s nephew, Sheikh Rashid Shafiq, said in a video message that the haveli is registered in the name of Sheikh Siddique. All information related to property has been given to the deputy commissioner Rawalpindi, Rashid Shafiq added.

Responding to a question, the former interior minister said that the “40 days in chilla (isolation)” made him a new “Sheikh Rashid”