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Senior Civil Judge Rawalpindi Ghulam Akbar issues non-bailable arrest warrants for Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan

RAWALPINDI, Oct 08 (SABAH): A Rawalpindi court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrant for Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday for failing to appear before it in a corruption case. The case has been registered by Anti-Corruption Establishment (AEC) punjab  against Rana Sanaullah Khan under sections of 420, 471, 109, 469 and 469 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).

The order was passed by Senior Civil Judge Ghulam Akbar. It stated that the minister was nominated in a first informant report (FIR) and that his arrest was “necessary for the case, so [a] non-bailable warrant of arrest of the accused may be issued”.

“Records reflect that contention of the investigating office is genuine, hence, the same is accepted in the interest of justice and non-bailable arrest warrants of the accused namely Rana Sanaullah is issued accordingly,” the order stated.

A spokesperson of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab said that it issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for the PML-N leader after he failed to appear in an inquiry.

Special Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Akbar issued an arrest warrant for the interior minister in case number 19/20, said the ACE spokesperson.

Meanwhile, the ACE has also summoned former deputy speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari for the alleged encroachment of land owned by the government.

The ACE spokesperson said that the anti-graft watchdog also called Zahid Mazari, Sher Muhammad Mazari and Moazzam Mazari. They have been summoned to the Lahore headquarters on October 11.

The spokesperson added that the assistant commissioners of Rojhan, Tehsildar and Patwari have also been summoned with records.

Meanwhile Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has denounced issuance of Rana Sanaullah’s arrest warrants, saying that the warrant was issued because PTI Chief Imran Khan was “frightened”.

“There is a conspiracy to spread corruption and chaos in order to divert attention from the corruption of the lying foreign agent who played with national security and fooled the people”, she said. Marriyum said that preparations were being made to attack the federation on orders from Imran Khan.