A particular court docket on Monday granted the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) one other two-day bodily remand of PTI chief Shah Mahmood Qureshi within the cipher case.
Earlier, he was remanded within the FIA custody for 4 days in the identical case.
Qureshi was produced earlier than the particular court docket set as much as hear Official Secrets and techniques Act circumstances. The FIA prosecutor, Zulfiqar Naqvi, sought one other five-day bodily remand of Qureshi to additional examine him within the case.
After listening to arguments from each side, decide Abi al Hasanat Zulqernain remarked that no extra bodily remand could be given if the FIA prosecution did not make any headway within the case.
Later, the decide prolonged the PTI chief’s remand.
Chatting with media, the PTI chief mentioned the opposite aspect had no justification to hunt additional bodily remand due to an absence of proof.
“I am already cooperating with the FIA prosecutors, however they’re unable to supply any offered proof,” he informed reporters.
Qureshi alleged that he was being politically victimised and that they [the FIA] have been violating the regulation and undermining his primary rights.