LAHORE: A Lahore
High Court division bench on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a bail petition
of Jang/Geo Group Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman in a 34-year-old land
property case.

Justice Aalia
Neelum, head of the bench, noted that the bench received the files of the case
late. Therefore, she observed that the bench will hear the matter after going
through the files. Justice Tariq Abbasi is the other member of the bench.

Previously, the
petition was pending before another bench that dissolved due to unavailability
of one of its members. The court had already sought a reply from the NAB on the
petition.

Mir
Shakil-ur-Rahman’s lawyer Amjad Pervaiz told the court that currently his
client is on judicial remand. However, he pointed out that Mir
Shakil-ur-Rahman’s elder brother died while he was in the NAB custody, his
94-year-old mother is seriously ill, the court should hear the case soon, the
lawyer pleaded.

To it, the court
adjourned the hearing till June 22. The NAB had arrested Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
on March 12 when he made his second appearance before its investigation team.
He was sent to jail on judicial remand on April 28 by an accountability court.
The bureau alleged that Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman illegally obtained exemption of 54
plots each measuring one Kanal situated in Block-H, Johar Town.

Newspaper: The News