- Dost Muhammad Mazari has been sent to jail on judicial remand
- A district court in Lahore heard the case and rejected the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab’s plea for an extension in remand
- ACE has arrested former Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly in a land grabbing case
LAHORE: The former deputy speaker Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari has been sent to jail on judicial remand in a case of alleged illegal allotment of 2,500 Kanal lands in the Rajanpur district.
A district court in Lahore heard the case and rejected the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab’s plea for an extension in remand.
ACE has arrested former Deputy Speaker of Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari from a private hospital.
Anti-corruption officials said Dost Muhammad Mazari has been arrested in a case related to land grabbing in district Rojhan. Mazari was arrested after he failed to appear despite being summoned twice by the authority.
Mazari was instructed to appear in the office of ACE Punjab on October 11 but did not appear after which a case was registered against him. All revenue staff including the tehsildar of Rojhan Tehsil were present in the office of ACE Punjab along with the land record.
It must be remembered that Mazari was removed as Punjab Assembly deputy speaker through a no-confidence motion by PTI and allies back in July. He had ruled in favour of PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz in the chief minister election and defected from the party.
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