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Wednesday, December 25, 2024  
22 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1446  

GM railway on 14-days physical remand

The General Manager of Pakistan railway was handed over to NAB on 14 day physical remand in the corruption case of billion of , Aaj news reported.
Earlier, NAB officials produced Saeed Akhtar  before the court and sought physical remand to investigate the matter.

However, the defence counsel opposed the request saying that the accused had a clean past and not involved in corruption.

Accountability Court Lahore-III Judge Ali Hassan Rizvi after hearing the arguments handed over the accused to NAB officials. The court accepted the application of defence and allowed Saeed Akhtar's family to meet him.

A special cell constituted by NAB to investigate corruption cases in PR had arrested Akhtar for misuse of authority and alleged involvement in a scrap scandal.