An accountability court on Thursday granted another seven-day extension in the remand of Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader Dr Asim Hussain remand to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
Dr Hussain was presented before the court today (Thursday) after his seven-day remand expired.
According to local media, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) stated during the hearing that a lot of new revelations have surfaced during investigations of alleged culprit.
They presented documents before the court, including a memo of seizure and investigation diaries.
While speaking to the media prior to his hearing, Dr Asim Hussain alleged he had developed serious injuries on his legs due to which he kept falling when he tried to walk. The matter was, however, not brought up before the court.
Dr Asim Hussain was arrested by Rangers on Aug 26 from his office.
Following the end of his 90-day preventive detention on Nov 25, the Rangers handed him over to police after lodging a case against him for allegedly treating and harbouring terrorists at the North Nazimabad and Clifton branches of Dr Ziauddin Hospital at the behest of PPP and MQM leaders.
NAB arrested the former federal minister from the premises of Sindh High Court on Dec 11 after the administrative judge of anti-terrorism courts allowed the bureau to take him into custody when police informed him that the suspect had been released under Section 497(2) of CrPC in a case relating to providing treatment and shelter to terrorists at his hospital.
Before that, Dr Hussain was placed in police custody after his 90-day preventive detention in Rangers’ custody ended.
