The Accountability Court hearing multibillion rupees fake bank accounts case on Thursday sent Abdul Ghani Majeed to jail on 14-day judicial remand. The officials of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) produced Abdul Ghani Majeed before the Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir on expiry of his remand term. The NAB prosecutor requested the court to further extend his physical remand for completion of investigation and recovery of more documents.
While objecting to the NAB's request, the defence counsel pleaded the court to reject the NAB's application. The court after hearing the arguments of both the parties turned down the NAB's plea and sent Majeed to jail on 14-day judicial remand. Ghani Majeed, Anwar Majeed, Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur and 26 other accused have been nominated in the mega money laundering case.
Separately, the same court also extended physical remand of former executive director Karachi Land Department Sajjad Abbasi till August 1. The NAB officials produced him before Judge Muhammad Bashir on expiry of his remand term. The NAB prosecutor requested the court to extend physical remand of the accused which the court approved.
The accused was allegedly involved in illegal allotment of land designated for public and social welfare. The court directed the NAB to produce the accused before it on August 1. Meanwhile, the anti-graft body also produced three other accused including Bilal Sheikh, Tariq Ahsan and Nadeem Altaf on expiry of their remand terms. The NAB requested the court to extend physical remand of three accused for another 14 days. The court extended physical remand of the accused for another 11 days.