A judicial magistrate sent the former deputy speaker Punjab assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari to jail on judicial remand on Friday. Mazari was sent to jail on judicial in a case of alleged illegal allotment of 2,500 Kanal lands in the Rajanpur district. Moreover, after hearing the arguments the court rejected the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) request to send the former deputy speaker on further remand. Earlier, a magistrate extended the physical remand of the former deputy speaker of Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari in a case of alleged illegal allotment of 2,500 Kanal lands in the Rajanpur district.

The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) team produced Mazari before the magistrate on expiry of his two-day remand. At the outset of the hearing, the ACE officials demanded 10-physical remand of former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Mazari. The Prosecutor of the ACE told the court that further custody of the suspect was required to complete the investigation.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP