Police get remand of PTI leader Mian Usman Akram in May 9 case
LAHORE: The police on Friday arrested PTI leader Mian Usman Akram in the May 9 case of Askari Tower attack after his release from preventive detention. Subsequently, the police produced Akram before an anti-terrorism court with his face covered. The investigating officer asked the court to allow shifting of Akram to jail to conduct an identification parade. Judge Manzer Ali Gill allowed the…
Lahore police arrested PTI leader Mian Usman Akram on Friday following his release from preventive detention related to the May 9 Askari Tower attack case. Akram appeared before an anti-terrorism court with his face covered, and the investigating officer requested the court to permit his transfer to jail for an identification parade.
Judge Manzer Ali Gill granted the police's request and sentenced Akram to a 10-day judicial remand for the parade. The Lahore High Court had earlier dismissed a petition challenging Akram's detention after the Punjab government rescinded his detention order. Upon hearing the case, Justice Ali Zia Bajwa noted that the withdrawal of the detention order limited the court's ability to grant further relief.
Mian Usman Akram, a relative of former provincial minister Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, is currently serving a 10-day jail term awaiting his identification parade.
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