KARACHI: Custom Court Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi on Friday (today) will take 36 customs and income tax related cases. According to the cause list, regular hearing, prosecution evidences and confirmation of bail applications were included in these cases.
However, on Thursday, the Special Judge Customs and Anti-Smuggling Karachi, Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi, has taken up more than 19 cases.
During the hearing, in all most cases, counsel for the defense (accused/applicants), counsel for the customs and income tax department including special public prosecutors argued in their cases, after the arguments court directed the lawyers to file rejoinder and adjourned the hearing after given next date of hearing and issued notices and non-bail able warrants against those accused persons who were absent during the hearing.
The custom court has also directed the investigation officers to be produced these absconding/ proclaimed offenders accused persons on next date of hearing.
According to the cause list, 08 out of 19 cases were fixed for formal hearing of accused namely Waqas Ahmed, Ovais Siddiq, Rana Muhammad Arif & others, Muhammad Yaqoob, Yaqoob Hussain, Hassanullah and Imran & others.
10 out of overall 19, cases were fixed for prosecution evidences against accused namely Akbar Ali Tahir, Abdul Wali& others, Vicky Kumar & others, Muhammad Abdul Paracha & others, Faisal Rehman, Hassan Latif and Nasir Ali. One case was fixed for confirmation of bail of accused namely Vicky Kumar.
