Dubious land deal: Moonis sent on 14-day judicial remand

Judicial magistrate sends Moonis Elahi to camp jail on 14-day judicial remand in NICL scam.

LAHORE:


A judicial magistrate on Friday sent Moonis Elahi to camp jail on a 14-day judicial remand in NICL land scam after the completion of his 14-day physical remand to the FIA.


However, Moonis’ lawyer told the court that the Punjab Home Department had ordered to shift Moonis to a NADRA rest house declaring it a sub-jail owing to security reasons.


Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced Moonis Elahi in Judicial magistrate Muhammad Irfan Bassra’s court three hours late.

A large number of PML-Q leaders and workers, present inside the court premises, showered rose petals on him.

The Additional District Public Prosecutor, Fakhar Abbas, submitted a letter before the judge and urged the court to declare the rest house a sub-jail, insisting that this was being done after the Punjab home secretary received a letter from the ministry of interior’s National Crisis Management Cell, which said that there was a threat to Moonis life.

Meanwhile, Moonis again told the judge that the FIA had no evidence about his involvement in the case.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd,  2011.
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