An accountability court on Wednesday delayed cross-examination of two prosecution witnesses due to unavailability of Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman’s lead counsel in a reference of 34-year-old illegal land allotment. Dawn/File
LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday delayed cross-examination of two prosecution witnesses due to unavailability of Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman’s lead counsel in a reference of 34-year-old illegal land allotment.
As Presiding Judge Asad Ali resumed hearing for the cross-examination of the witnesses, Mr Rehman and other suspects along with their counsel were present in the court.
However, the judge was informed that Rehman’s lead counsel Amjad Pervez could not appear due to his appearance before the Lahore High Court.
LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday indicted Jang group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman and two others in a reference pertaining to a 34-year-old “illegal” land allotment in his favour, allegedly manipulated by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
All the suspects, including former director general of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Humayon Faiz Rasool and its former director of land development department Mian Bashir Ahmad pleaded not guilty and decided to contest the trial.At this, Presiding Judge Asad Ali directed the prosecution to present its witnesses on the next hearing on Feb 16, so the trial proceedings could be started formally.