The Lahore High Court has asked the National Accountability Bureau on Thursday to submit clause-wise response in the plea against the arrest of Jang/Geo Media Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakilur Rahman in relation to a private property case.
MSR’s wife, Shahina Shakil, had moved the LHC on March 16 through Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan challenging the detention.
A two-member bench under Justice Sardar Naeem Ahmed resumed the hearing in the case today, where Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan appeared to present the arguments.
In the hearing on Thursday, the court asked the NAB to present reasons behind the arrest, clause by clause, in reference to the plea.
During the proceedings, the judge enquired about the extension of MSR’s remand by an accountability court on Wednesday. “If the accountability court in the case has extended the remand then what is left?” the court said to the NAB prosecutor.
To which, the prosecutor responded that the plea against the extension in remand is also queued up to be heard.
The LHC then said that it is also going to hear the plea against the extension today, after which it briefly adjourned the hearing for a while.
After resuming the hearing, the LHC directed that the remand order by the accountability court should be clubbed with the petition against the arrest. The High Court, subsequently, adjourned the case until next Monday.
The NAB chairman, a director-general and judges of the accountability court, along with others, have been named in the petition.
