LAHORE: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling heard 40 important cases on Tuesday and issued necessary orders and directions in number of cases.
On Tuesday, 40 cases of different types were scheduled for hearing, including 13 pre-arrest bail pleas of accused persons Shaukat Ali, Muzafar Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Ihsan Elahi, Malik Siraj, Abdul Qayyum, Muhammad Atique, Muhammad Faisal, Abdul Khaliq, Tahir Islam, nayer Iqbal, Azhar Qadeer, and Fiaz Hussain. Judge Malik Ameer Muhammad after hearing arguments of different parties issued orders on bail pleas and disposes of a number of pleas while some adjourned for new dates. The court also accepted bail pleas of two accused against cash guarantees.
Customs Court also adjourned many cases of smuggling. The total cases of such kind were 10 which were scheduled for today. The cases, including tax evasion, customs, smuggling and narcotics, were also scheduled for the day.
The court also proceeded on statements and witnesses on four different cases on the day. The cases of Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Jhelum were scheduled for the day.
