LAHORE (APP): An accountability court on Tuesday granted a 7-day transit remand of Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman to enable him to attend the funeral and burial rites of his brother, Mir Javed Rahman, who passed away in Karachi.
Accountability Court Judge Syed Jawadul Hassan passed the orders while allowing an application, filed by Mir Shakil for the purpose.
A counsel for Mir Shakil pleaded with the court for grant of seven-day transit remand of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman to enable him to attend the funeral of his brother.
A prosecutor for the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) stated that the bureau did not have any objection if Mir Shakil was allowed to attend the funeral.
The court allowed the application and directed Mir Shakil to ensure his presence before the court on April 7, on the expiry of his physical remand term.
Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman was arrested by the bureau on March 12 in plots illegal exemption case.
The bureau alleged that the accused obtained illegal exemption on 54 plots of one-kanal each in Johar Town Lahore, with the connivance of Nawaz Sharif, the then chief minister of Punjab, in violation of the exemption policy.
