LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday reserved verdict in extending the physical remand of media tycoon Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in the illegal property case.
Accountability court Judge Jawadul Hasan conducted the hearing. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed a petition in which the bureau sought an extension in the physical remand of the accused in the same case.
The NAB earlier on 12th March arrested Mir Shakil ur Rahman related to illegal property cases in Lahore. The bureau presented Rahman before accountability judge Ameer Mohammad Khan.
According to NAB, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had illegally leased the land to Rehman in 1986. NAB had apprehended the media tycoon in a case pertaining to the purchase of a 54 acres land in Lahore.
During the hearing, replying to a question about the cause behind the arrest of the Mir Shakil ur Rahman, the NAB lawyer said that he was apprehended after he botched to give the record to prove the legal acquirement of 54 acres land in Lahore during the occupancy of Shehbaz Sharif in 1986.
However, the allegation was rejected and termed as baseless by the lawyer of Mir Shakil ur Rahman. The lawyer of Rahman further revealed that NAB apprehended his client without hearing his stance on the orders of its chief. After hearing the arguments, the court sent Mir Shakil ur Rahman on 11 days remand for further investigation.
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