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07-21-2016, 04:51 AM
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday reserved judgment in a plea moved by former joint secretary of Ministry of Religious Affairs Raja Aftabul Islam and ex-DG Haj Rao Shakeel against their imprisonment in the Haj corruption case.
A single judge bench of Chief Justice Anwar Khan Kasi reserved the judgment following the arguments presented by the litigants.
Muhammad Muhsan Bhatti, counsel for the former joint secretary and Qazi Misbah Hussain, counsel for the ex-DG, appeared before the bench and apprised it that their clients had been behind the bars since 2010 and imprisonment of their part almost served.
Both counsels requested before the bench to accept their plea to release Islam and Shakeel, adding that their clients were ready to deposit surety bonds against the fine imposed by trail court.
Counsel for the FIA drew the attention of the bench towards the trial court which ordered that if convicts did **t deposit the fine, then prisoners had to serve four years more imprisonment against fine.
After going through the arguments, the bench reserved judgement to an**unce later.It is pertinent to mention here that a special court, while hearing the Haj corruption case, sentenced the ex-joint secretary, ex-DG Haj Rao Shakeel and the former federal minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi to six years in prison, each on two counts, and imposed a fine of approximately Rs147.4 million.
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A single judge bench of Chief Justice Anwar Khan Kasi reserved the judgment following the arguments presented by the litigants.
Muhammad Muhsan Bhatti, counsel for the former joint secretary and Qazi Misbah Hussain, counsel for the ex-DG, appeared before the bench and apprised it that their clients had been behind the bars since 2010 and imprisonment of their part almost served.
Both counsels requested before the bench to accept their plea to release Islam and Shakeel, adding that their clients were ready to deposit surety bonds against the fine imposed by trail court.
Counsel for the FIA drew the attention of the bench towards the trial court which ordered that if convicts did **t deposit the fine, then prisoners had to serve four years more imprisonment against fine.
After going through the arguments, the bench reserved judgement to an**unce later.It is pertinent to mention here that a special court, while hearing the Haj corruption case, sentenced the ex-joint secretary, ex-DG Haj Rao Shakeel and the former federal minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi to six years in prison, each on two counts, and imposed a fine of approximately Rs147.4 million.
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