Land grabbing case: Court grants bail to Dost Mazari

LAHORE: An anti-corruption court granted bail to former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari on Thursday in a land encroachment case registered against him by the provincial Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), ARY News reported.

As per details, the court granted bail to the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart Dost Mazari and directed him to submit surety bonds worth Rs 200,000.

The court reserved the verdict on Mazari’s bail plea.

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Earlier, a judicial magistrate extended the physical remand of the former deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly Dost Muhammad Mazari in a case of alleged illegal allotment of 2,500 Kanal lands in the Rajanpur district.

The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) team produced Mazari before the magistrate on the expiry of his two-day remand.

At the outset of the hearing, the ACE officials demanded 10-physical remand of former Punjab Assembly deputy speaker Mazari.

The Prosecutor of the ACE told the court that further custody of the suspect was required to complete the investigation.

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After hearing arguments, the court rejected the 10-physical remand request and remanded Mazari into Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) custody for one more day.

Anti-corruption officials have told that Dost Muhammad Mazari has been arrested in a case related to 40,000 acres of land grabbing case land-grabbing. They had to arrest Mazari because he did not present himself after two notices from the authority, they added.

Dost Muhammad Mazari was removed as PA deputy speaker through a no-confidence motion by PTI and allies back in July. He ruled in favour of PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz in the CM election.