PPP senator’s cousin sent to jail

Published August 9, 2008

RAWALPINDI, Aug 8: A special judge here on Friday sent cousin of a Pakistan People’s Party senator to Adiala jail on 14-day judicial remand after the National Accountably Bureau (NAB) officials arrested him from premises of an accountability court.

Special Judge Central Shaukat Ali Sajid sent Sikandar Abbasi, the brother of PPP Senator Safdar Abbasi, to the jail after he was produced by NAB officials in the accountability court that had issued his arrest warrants in 12 different corruption cases.