\u00a0A local court on Monday sent PTI\u2019s senior leader Hamid Zaman to jail on a 14-day judicial remand in a case relating to prohibited funding after it rejected the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) request for an extension in the physical remand.
\nZaman, who was among the founding members of the PTI, was presented before the court of Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza Virk on the expiry of his two-day physical remand.
\nThe PTI leader was taken into what Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said was \u201cprotective custody\u201d from Lahore on Friday.
\nToday\u2019s hearingAt the outset of today\u2019s hearing, Zaman was arraigned before the court by the FIA after the completion of his two-day physical remand.
\nThe FIA prosecutor urged the court for a 12-day extension in the physical remand of the suspect. The magistrate remarked that funds were transferred to \u201cInsaf Trust\u201d from where the money was shifted to Communication Spot and M Group for political campaigns.
\nZaman has been arrested on the charges of forgery, fraud, prohibited funding and assistance in crime, observed the judge.
\nThe record shows that Zaman did not commit any fraud in the fund, the magistrate remarked, adding that it shows that neither the suspect forged the documents nor defrauded the state or the ECP through them.
\nIn addition to this, there were no signatures of the suspect on the cheques received by the Insaf Trust or given to the marketing agencies, the magistrate remarked.
\nZaman was not found involved in the case even under the testimonies recorded under Section 161, the judge wrote.
\nMeanwhile, the magistrate rejected the FIA\u2019s plea and sent the PTI leader to jail till October 24.
\nThe caseThe FIA had registered a case against Zaman, a trustee of the Insaf Trust, over prohibited party funding.
\nIt has been reported that in 2013, Zaman was the secretary of Insaf Trust, which received $625,000 in its accounts. Moreover, the party\u2019s welfare organisation did not meet the rules and regulations.
\nHowever, this information could not be verified by independent sources.
\nZaman had contested elections from Islamabad on a PTI ticket. He is the chairman of the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Punjab, North Zone. He is also the co-owner of a famous clothing brand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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