{"id":4973,"date":"2023-09-17T13:32:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-17T13:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/elahi-handed-over-to-punjab-ace-for-one-day-remand-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T13:32:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T13:32:06","slug":"elahi-handed-over-to-punjab-ace-for-one-day-remand-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/elahi-handed-over-to-punjab-ace-for-one-day-remand-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Elahi handed over to Punjab ACE for one-day remand | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLAHORE:
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A local court in Lahore granted a one-day physical remand of former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) in connection with different graft cases on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The court had earlier reserved its verdict, reported Express News<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

During the hearing, Elahi’s counsel had requested the court to discharge the former CM and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) president from a graft case pertaining to the Lahore Master Plan.<\/p>\n

Read<\/strong> No end in sight to Elahi\u2019s misery<\/a><\/p>\n

Elahi was arrested shortly after his release<\/a><\/em> from Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) granted him bail in case pertaining to rioting in the Federal Judicial Complex on May 9.<\/p>\n

Elahi’s counsel Sardar Abdul Razzaq told Express News <\/em><\/a>that the PTI leader has been arrested at least 12 times since May 9 protests, which broke out across the nation following ousted premier Imran Khan’s arrest.<\/p>\n

The beleaguered politician has multiple cases pending in different courts and remains embroiled in a legal rigamarole with the authorities arresting him in new or previously undisclosed cases each time he manages to acquire bail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n