RAWALPINDI, March 29: Special anti-terrorism court No 1 here on Monday ordered judicial remand of former MNA Nawab Amanullah Khan Sial in Maulana Azam Tariq murder case.
The accused would, however, remain admitted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) amid tight security, the judge, Manzoor Ahmed Mirza, observed.
Mr Sial has been suffering from heart ailment for the last a few days. He was admitted to the intensive care unit when his condition deteriorated on Sunday. As the police could not produced the accused before the court due to his ailment, they did not ask for his further physical remand.
The court had granted four-day physical remand of the accused on Thursday when the Golra police produced him before the court after completion of a five-day remand in police custody.
JUDGMENT RESERVED: A division bench of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, comprising Justices Maulvi Anwarul Haq and Sardar Mohammad Aslam, reserved the judgment in the Steel Mill reference case.
Prosecution and defence counsel were represented by Abdul Bashir Qureshi and Dr Babar Awan, respectively. It may be recalled that an accountability court had awarded seven years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed Rs90 million fine on Asif Ali Zardari. The court had also disqualified Mr Zardari from holding any public office.
