Lahore
(17 September 2011) District and Sessions Judge
Mujahid Mustaqeem as Special Judge Banking Court today on the FIA’s 15 day
extension request has adjourned the NICL case hearing till September 26. Moonis
Elahi’s lawyer Amjad Parvez opposing the FIA’s 15 day extension request on
legal grounds accused the investigation agency of blatantly wasting the court’s
time and violating its orders. He further accused the FIA of deliberately
obstructing the course of justice to prolong Moonis Elahi’s incarceration.
Moonis Elahi’s defence lawyer citing examples of the delaying tactics employed
by the FIA said that on Zafar Qureshi’s Aug 18 request asking the court for an
additional one month for further investigation the court gave him time till
September 6, on Sept 6 in response to the FIA’s demand for further time for the
appointment of a prosecutor the court allowed the FIA further grace time till
September 17 but the FIA had neither appointed a prosecutor and nor had
purportedly completed its investigation.
He said that Zafar Qureshi’s request
for a further 15 day extension to present the final challan was illegal as two
challans of the same case could not be presented. He demanded the court to
order Zafar Qureshi to apprize the court as to why the FIA had failed to
appoint a prosecutor and present the final challan thus far. He asked to be
informed that if the FIA had still not appointed a prosecutor then who was
presenting the interim challan, producing new witnesses and asking the court on
Zafar Qureshi’s behalf for further time relaxation.
He wanted to know the
antecedents of the individual presently appearing on behalf of the FIA and if
he was not a prosecutor. The court in its decision ordered the FIA to present
the final challan and the new prosecutor on September 26 failing which the
court ruled that it could call Zafar Qureshi.
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