Para incident, Sardar Ahmed Abbasi. Further examinations of the weapons are also being carried out. Syeda 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 talk Syeda 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. She appealed to the government to provide security to her as well as family of the former Senator Syed Faisal Raza Abidi. In October 2018, Abidi was arrested and sent to jail in contempt of court. Reportedly Faisal Abidi during an interview with a web-based platform “Naya Pakistan” appeared online in July-2018, mentioned the Chief Justice of Pakistan a “traitor” on the plea of his taking oath under the PCO. Subsequently, the owner and producer of “Naya Pakistan” web channel, were also sent to jail on a judicial remand. Earlier in 2012 Abidi has also demanded resignation from Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other judges who were restored under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). Reactions Shia Muslim scholars like Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi criticized the arrest of Faisal Raza Abidi Al Baqee Organization, based in USA, has appealed for his immediate release. Besides, demonstration staged on 19 Oct-2018 in Kharadar, the commercial heart of Karachi. See also Abidi References External links Faisal Reza Abidi arrested Faisal Abidi implicated says wife Living people Pakistani Shia Muslims Pakistan People's Party politicians Muhajir people Politicians from Karachi Members of the Senate of Pakistan Year of birth missing (living people)