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No judge to hear drug case against Sana
[DAWN] The jail authorities on Saturday presented former law minister Rana Sanaullah Khan before a special court for Control of Narcotics Substance (CNS) with no presiding judge available to hold the proceedings.The officials took the PML-N leader back to jail after the court’s reader simply marked his attendance, fixed Sept 14 as next date of hearing and also extended his judicial remand in the drug case. The Lahore High Court on Sept 6 repatriated District & Sessions Judge Masood Arshad, the presiding judge of the CNS court pursuant to a notification of the federal law ministry issued on Aug 26 last. The high court is yet to nominate the new presiding judge. During the last hearing held on Aug 28, the judge had returned to the court after one-hour break only to inform the prosecution and the defence that he had been barred from hearing the case through a message he received on Whatsapp. Related: Rana Sanaullah: 2019-09-07 Judges hearing cases of Rana Sanaullah, Sharifs repatriated to Lahore High Court Rana Sanaullah: 2019-08-11 Rana Sana’s son-in-law arrested Rana Sanaullah: 2019-07-14 Drugs 'planted' in Rana’s car, opposition senators claim Posted by: Fred 2019-09-09 |
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