Daily Times

An accountability court has reserved a verdict in physical remand’s extension of Chief Executive Officer of the Group Mir Shakil ur Rahman in the illegal property case.

AC Judge Jawadul Hasan conducted the hearing. During 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.

Rahman was arrested by the anti-corruption watchdog when he appeared before NAB in a 34-year-old case related to 54-kanal land he allegedly acquired “illegally” in the tenure of then-chief minister of Punjab Nawaz Sharif.

During the hearing, Ahsan vehemently opposed NAB’s request for physical remand, saying that NAB’s “attitude towards Shakilur Rahman is based on maliciousness”.

Ahsan termed his client’s arrest a day earlier as “illegal”, arguing that Rahman was cooperating with the accountability watchdog.

“Mir Shakilur Rahman is not running anywhere but NAB did not hear his stance and arrested him,” Ahsan said. “[PML-N’s] Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was arrested by NAB in the same manner.