A special court for Control of Narcotics Substance (CNS) on Saturday extended the judicial remand former law minister Rana Sanaullah till November 30 in the 15kg heroin recovery case against him lodged by the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF).

Rana Sanauallah was produced before an ANF court under strict security. The Judge ordered the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) to produce the former Punjab law minister in the case hearing on November 30.

Meanwhile, Sanaullah's defence counsel pleaded with the court to grant it the complete record of the case against its client. "We have not been granted record and the list of witnesses in the case," the defence counsel argued.

To this, the anti-narcotics court directed the counsel to give in writing what record was needed.

In its two pages judgment, the court said that Rana Sanaullah's case challan had been submitted and soon his formal trial will begin and at this stage, the suspect could not be granted bail on medical grounds.

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