LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling heard as many as 25 different cases on Wednesday and adjourned all cases for next hearings.
Pre-arrest bail pleas of Muhammad Aslam, Ismail, Muhammad Shakeel and Shahbaz were also adjourned for Thursday and Friday.
The cases, including tax evasion, customs, smuggling and narcotics, were scheduled for the day. The court also recorded statements and witnesses in four different cases.
The cases of Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Jhelum were scheduled for hearing, in which court ordered the prosecution teams to complete investigation challans of the cases as soon as possible.
Chaudary Ameer Muhammad Khan special judge of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court has also directed court staff to speed up work in order to clear the backlog of cases.
