Drug case: Court extends Rana Sanaullah's judicial remand till August 24
Anti-narcotics court hands over copy of challan to Rana Sanaullah.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – The anti-narcotics court on Friday has extended judicial remand of former law minister in Punjab Rana Sanaullah till August 24 in drug smuggling case.
During the hearing headed by judge Masood Arshad, the court handed over copies of challan to the Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) senior leader and also approved request of his accomplice for time so that he can hire a lawyer.
Meanwhile, the security personnel arrested PML-N leader s son-in-law Rana Shehryar from accountability court as he was wanted in a case filed in Faisalabad.
In the previous hearing, the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) had declared Rana Sanaullah guilty in the drug smuggling case.
Police personnel had also registered nine cases against four front men of the former minister in connection with the matter.
Sanaullah, the president of PML-N’s Punjab chapter and a fierce critic of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government, was arrested by the ANF for his alleged links with drug traffickers in Lahore.
The ANF officials had claimed to have seized 15 kilograms of heroin from Sanaullah’s vehicle while they had also detained PML-N leader’s guard for taking the law into hands.
