Khattak was presented before judge Hayat Ali Shah on Monday, who was informed that the accused was arrested in a land grabbing case in Kohat. However, Khattak was later also named in another case related to alleged illegal appointments.
Additional Prosecutor General Qazi Babar Arshad told the court the case needs further investigation and holding Khattak in custody for a longer period of time would prove beneficial.
The court accepted the appeal and granted the commission custody of Khattak for three more days.
He was arrested in a land scam worth Rs250 million. During a government investigation, it was found that he was actively involved in the scam as a principal beneficiary and had grabbed 150 kanals of land.
Meanwhile, PHC adjourned a case hearing against the Ehtesab Commission Act 2014 till June 2. The case was adjourned by a division bench of Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Roohul Amin Khan.
Gul Sahib Khan of PTI had challenged the act, asking the court to declare it ultra-vires and strike it down for being in conflict with National Accountability Bureau Ordinance 1999 and Anti-Corruption Act.
The court was also requested to declare the arrest and all proceedings in Khan’s father’s case illegal.
In the petition, the court was told that Khattak was arrested on April 17 in a corruption case without the disclosure of lawful reason of his arrest.
The petition raised several questions about the act. It asked, “whether K-P Ehtesab Act 2014 could be brought into service in the presence of NAO 1999 and ACE 1947,” and “whether any person arrested could be detained without being informed of the grounds for such arrest as enshrined in Article 10 of the Constitution.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2015.
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