Ex-SECP chief Zafar Hijazi remanded in FIA custody for three more days
FIA requested for a 10-day remand but Hijazi's lawyer said his client was in poor health
Zafar Hijazi. PHOTO: File
A sessions court in Islamabad handed over former Securities Exchange Commission Pakistan (SECP) chairman Zafar Hijazi on a further three-day remand to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday.
Hijazi, who is in custody for allegedly tampering with the record of the Sharif family’s documents, was presented in the court of judge Muhammad Shabbir after his earlier four-day physical remand ended, Express News reported..
At the hearing, the FIA requested for a further 10-day remand but Hijazi’s lawyer argued that the former chairman was in poor health. The lawyer said that during his earlier remand Hijazi had spent two days in the hospital and two in FIA custody and now there was no need for him to be in custody any more.
SECP chief arrested from court premises
However the judge granted a further three-day remand to the FIA and ordered that Hijazi be produced in court again on July 29.
The FIA has registered a case of record tampering against Hijazi on the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan which is hearing a case against the Sharif family’s offshore assets.
He was arrested in the court’s premises on July 21 after his interim pre-arrest bail request was denied.
Hijazi, who is in custody for allegedly tampering with the record of the Sharif family’s documents, was presented in the court of judge Muhammad Shabbir after his earlier four-day physical remand ended, Express News reported..
At the hearing, the FIA requested for a further 10-day remand but Hijazi’s lawyer argued that the former chairman was in poor health. The lawyer said that during his earlier remand Hijazi had spent two days in the hospital and two in FIA custody and now there was no need for him to be in custody any more.
SECP chief arrested from court premises
However the judge granted a further three-day remand to the FIA and ordered that Hijazi be produced in court again on July 29.
The FIA has registered a case of record tampering against Hijazi on the directives of the Supreme Court of Pakistan which is hearing a case against the Sharif family’s offshore assets.
He was arrested in the court’s premises on July 21 after his interim pre-arrest bail request was denied.