Bail plea of Anjum Aqeel rejected, arrested from court premises
RAWALPINDI: The court rejected the bail plea of PML-N MNA Anjum Aqeel in Police Foundation Land scam case on Satur
RAWALPINDI: The court rejected the bail plea of PML-N MNA Anjum Aqeel in Police Foundation Land scam case on Satur
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has rejected the bail plea of MPA of PML-Q Monis Elahi in NICL case, Geo News reported on Thursday. Later, Monis Elahi left the court for home in his car. Meanwhile, FIA officials said that Monis Elahi has been given a time after this time period he would be taken into custody from his home. Additional DG FIA Zaffar Qureshi told the court that FIA has to get 320 million back from Monis in NICL case. He said that land scam has been proved against Monis Elahi. Lawyer of Monis Elahi stated that his client was being accused, adding that Zaffar Qureshi has personal conflict with Monis. The court after hearing rejected the bail plea of Monis. Activists of PML-Q raised slogans in favor of their leader outside the court.
LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi allegedly involved in National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam till March 17. The court also ordered Moonis Elahi to furnish surety bond of Rs 10 million and two personal sureties of same amount for the purpose. The court expressed displeasure over Moonis Elahi’’s statements regarding court relief in the press and advised him not to issue any statements. The bench headed by Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry and comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan granted bail on a plea moved by Moonis Elahi’’s Counsel SM Zafar against the impugned orders of Judge Special Court Banking for his arrest in NICL scam. In his petition Moonis Elahi contended that a case was registered on October 12, 2010, under section 409, 420 and 468 of PPC against Mohsin Habib Warriach by the Federal Investigation Agency on statement of then Secretary Commerce Zafar Mehmood relating to purchase of land by NICL at Mouza Toor Warriach. He submitted that according to the case management, the NICL had paid price to the selling party without getting the land mutated in its favour. Moonis submitted that after commencement of investigation, land comprising 803 kanals was returned to the seller who deposited entire sale price of Rs 1,686,300,000. He submitted that during investigation it was inspired that Rs 200 million had been transferred from the account of Mohsin Habib Warriach whereupon two cases were also registered against Muhammad Maalik, Manager Al-tahur (PVT) Ltd for his alleged involvement. Moonis alleged that Additional Director General (ADG) FIA Zafar Ahmed had an enmity with his family and, to give vent to his malice, the ADG created fake evidence to implicate him in the said two cases. Moonis submitted that he answered questionnaire received from FIA before going abroad and informed the concerned investigating officer regarding his arrival through a counsel when he was summoned to appear before the investigation team in the matter. Moonis submitted that FIA managed to get his arrest warrant and proclamation in the matter against law which was later declared illegal by an additional district and sessions judge. Moonis submitted that after his arrival, he appeared before the investigating officer to record his statement which was denied. Moonis submitted that FIA filed incomplete challan declaring him a absconder in the matter before Judge Special Court Banking who opted to issue his arrest warrants on February 26. He prayed the court to set-aside the arrest warrant issued by the judge of special court. After hearing the arguments, the bench granted interim bail to Moonis Elahi and issued notices to the federal government and the investigation officer.
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LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday ordered PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi to produce himself for investigation in NICL case after getting interim bail from a court. According to FIA sources, Moonis Elahi, an accused of NICL scam, appeared before the FIA to defend the allegations levelled against him. The sources said the FIA would not entertain the accused until he obtained the interim bail from the court in compliance with the Sindh High Court orders passed in his protective bail. (APP)
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had ordered to sack Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wasim Ahmed within three days, Geo News reported. The CJ expressed annoyance with ex-minister Azam Swati over failure to provide evidence to the court in Hajj scam. The CJP remarked that the government was creating hurdles in court’s work.
KARACHI: Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Q and MPA Punjab Assembly Moonis Elahi Thursday brushed aside the impression of striking any deal with the government and that he was ready to face all the cases, Geo News reported. In a media talk outside Karachi Airport, Moonis Elahi, who is accused of involvement in NICL scam, said the unification bloc had no significance and that it would soon disintegrate. “Nawaz Sharif had made a pledge not to support turncoats in a democratic set up and the formation of unification bloc is reflective of his hypocrisy,” he criticized. With regard to his meeting with Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza, he said he had personal terms with Dr. Mirza and described the meeting with him as pleasant.
LAHORE: An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) on Wednesday revoked the arrest warrants of PML-Q leader Moonis Elahi in National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam. The court also suspended the orders by Judicial Magistrate Irfan Basra for starting proceedings to declare Moonis Elahi as a proclaimed offender (PO) in the NICL scam. ADSJ Muhammad Yousaf passed the order on a petition filed by Moonis through his counsel Aamir Saeed submitting that the FIA authorities concerned had misguided the court just for getting arrest warrants of Moonis on January 28. He said that the FIA had summoned Moonis to join investigation of NICL scam and a representative of his client had submitted a written reply to the FIA on January 27 wherein it was stated that his client was not in Pakistan and would join the investigation within seven days but the FIA got the arrest warrants on the very next day which was a violation of the law. The counsel pointed out that since the FIA had obtained the arrest warrants by misguiding the magisterial court, therefore, subsequent proceedings of declaring Moonis as a PO were nullified according to the law. The FIA counsel had also submitted a written reply in this regard. Earlier, the court reserved the decision after hearing both the parties which was announced here today. A judicial magistrate, Irfan Basra, had started proceedings to declare PML-Q leader Chaudhry Moonis Elahi as a proclaimed offender (PO) in the National Insurance Corporation Ltd scam by issuing non-bailable arrest warrants for Moonis Elahi. Moonis Elahi is one of the key accused in National Insurance Corporation (NIC) scam and his arrest warrant had already been issued by the court due to his non appearance before the investigation team of FIA.
KARACHI: Sindh High Court granted protective bail to Moonis Elahi, a son of former Chief Minister Punjab and PML-Q leader Pervaiz Elahi, in National Insurance Company Limited scam …
ISLAMABAD: FIA has recorded statement of Former minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi over Hajj corruption scam while name of Zain Sakheer has also been put on the Exit Control List (ECL). According to the sources, Investigation team inquired details of Hamid Kazmi’s property and bank accounts. Kazmi in his reply told the team to contact his counsel in this regard. Kazmi told the the investigating team that the money came from his disciples, sources added. While talking to Geo News, Kazmi said he submitted written statement to FIA, consisting of 9 pages. Sources also said that the name of Zain Sakheer, former advisor on IT, has been put on the ECL over accusation of receiving money.