LAHORE:Opposition leader in the Sindh Assembly and PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh was arrested in Lahore.

It was revealed by provincial lawmaker’s spokesperson, who said that men in plain clothes took Sheikh into custody from a Lahore hotel where he was staying. However, the police is yet to confirm the arrest of the Sindh opposition leader. Haleem Adil Sheikh’s daughter also shared a video on Twitter where men in plain clothes can be seen taking him out of a private hotel.

“Who are these people in civilian clothing dragging him out of his hotel at 3 in the morning!! My father is not safe and if God forbid anything happens to him I will not rest until every soul responsible for his mistreatment is exposed,” she wrote.

She added that police officials are not confirming the arrest of her father. “Lahore police says they did not arrest him, they have no idea where he is and that they do not know of any plans for his arrest,” she said. Former governor of Sindh Imran Ismail condemned the arrest of the PTI leader, adding that the detention is not being revealed anywhere.

A petition seeking recovery of PTI Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh, who was whisked away early this morning by men in plain clothes from a hotel in Lahore, was filed in the Lahore High Court on Wednesday.

Later, The Lahore High Court (LHC) directed the Inspector General Police (IGP) Punjab and the provincial government to submit a report about arrest of Haleem as a petition has been filed for his recovery. The petition was filed by Mr Adil’s personal secretary Muhammad Farhan. The Punjab IG police and others were made respondents in the petition.

The plea stated that some men wearing plain clothes took away Haleem Adil. Police were contacted in this regard, but still the whereabouts of the SA opposition leader have not been disclosed, the petition added.

The petition further stated that despite a lapse of several hours, Mr Adil had not been produced yet before any court. The Lahore High Court is requested to pass an order for the appearance of the PTI leader before a court, the plea added.

Earlier, the police arrested PTI Opposition Leader in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh from Lahore in the wee hours of Wednesday. Haleem Adil came to Lahore yesterday and was staying in a hotel. Some officials in plain clothes entered the hotel and took him away with them. He has been shifted to some unknown place.

The CCTV footage of PTI leader Mr Adil being arrested by plain-clothed officials also surfaced. It could be seen in the footage that the MPA did not put up any resistance and went with the men. His wife Dua Bhutto and daughter Ayesha Haleem confirmed his arrest through their tweets. Daughter Ayesha wrote in her tweet that her father was a member of Sindh Assembly and he could not be detained without the permission of the SA speaker.