A local court in Lahore on Saturday extended the two-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi.
Judicial Magistrate Imran Abid announced the reserved verdict.
– Placed in custody again –
Former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Wednesday placed under the custody of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE).
The Lahore ACE initiated a request to an anti-terrorism court (ATC) located in Islamabad, seeking a brief remand for the President of Pakistan, Tehreek-e-Insaf Punjab.
ATC Judge Abul Hasnaat Zulqarnain approved a one-day transitory remand, enabling the transfer of Parvez Elahi into the custody of Lahore ACE. Subsequently, ACE personnel conveyed Parvez Elahi from Adiala Jail to Lahore.
Earlier, Parvez Elahi was not presented before the court during the transitory remand proceedings.
– Nullification of dismissal in corruption case –
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has adjourned the proceedings till next week on PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi's intra-court appeal against nullifying the decision to discharge him in an anti-corruption case.
On the next hearing, the court has summoned the Punjab advocate general for assistance.
A two-member bench headed by Justice Shahram Sarwar Chaudhary heard the case.
The intra-court appeal maintained that the Gujranwala Magistrate had ordered to discharge Parvez Elahi in the anti-corruption case.
However, the Punjab government approached the Lahore High Court against the decision of the judicial magistrate. The single bench annulled the decision to discharge Elahi.
The appeal stated that the judgement of the single bench was contrary to the facts, and requested the high court to annul it.
