Faisal Abidi implicated, says wife

LAHORE

Nida Abidi, wife of former PPP Senator Syed Faisal Raza Abidi has said her husband is being targeted for raising voice in favour of Pakistan armed forces and security agencies.

She has demanded the prime minister and Chief of Army Staff to ensure fair trial of her husband who was arrested from Karachi.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Nida Abidi said her husband was being implicated in false cases by the Sindh government. She added that the illegal weapons had no connection with Faisal and he had no link with any banned outfit.

She said that despite being a part of PPP in past, Faisal had always been the critic of its wrong policies and he had always raised voice for the country security forces, minorities and all those who had suffered loss in the hands of terrorism.

Nida Abidi, to a question told media that she was addressing the news conference in Lahore because in Karachi, she and her family was receiving life threats. She appealed to the government to provide security to her as well as family of the former Senator Syed Faisal Raza Abidi.