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LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of former provincial minister Sibtain Khan and three others in the Chiniot mining contract case till August 9.
Accountability Court Judge Ameer Muhammad Khan conducted the proceedings, wherein the former minister, former secretary mines and minerals department Imtiaz Ahmed, former manager operations and planning Muhammad Aslam, and former chief inspector mines Punjab Abdul Sattar were produced on the expiry of their remand term.
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To a court query, the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) prosecutor said the investigation report was being finalised and it would soon be submitted. He stated that the reference had not yet been approved.
At this, the court ordered that a complete investigation report be submitted and adjourned the matter till August 9, while extending the judicial remand of the accused.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2019.
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