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ARY News reporter Zulqarnain Sheikh again released with gun after being arrested from a guest house

Lahore: The Lahore police released ARY News reporter Zulqarnain Sheikh along with cricketer Raza Hassan and three dance girls after 4 hours of their arrest from a guesthouse in Ghalib Market.
Police sources revealed that three men and same number of women were heavily drunk when the police raided the guest house late Wednesday night.
“We released all of them to oblige a journalist. But the allegation of taking bribe is baseless,” said DSP Nasir Mahmood Bajwa while denying the allegation of accepting Rs950,000 as bribe.

The matter is already in the notice of high-ups, the police officer further told the media.

When asked why the police did not take immediate legal action against the journalist,cricketer, his friends, and the dancing girls who were caught in drunken and objectionable condition, the DSP refused to comment.
It was learnt that a police team headed by sub-inspector Aslam Shafi raided a guesthouse in Ghalib Market police precincts late Wednesday night and caught at least six persons including cricketer Raza Hassan, journalist Zulqurnain Sheikh, their friend Amjad, and three dance girls Huma, Benish, and Eman were in objectionable condition as the police stormed the rooms at the guesthouse.
Under the influence of liquor, they confronted the police officials with harsh words. All of them were taken to the police station.
The Ghalib Market SHO ordered the police to register a criminal case against the arrested persons. But in the meantime, DSP Nasir Mahmood Bajwa along with his bodyguards landed in the police station. The DSP discussed something with the arrested persons for at least 30 minutes and they were released later on.
Raza Hassan had been selected for Bangladesh tour but was dropped at the eleventh hour.

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