LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has extended the date of hearing of a case of gold smuggling until next Monday. Now court will frame charges against the accused.
He was arrested by the customs authorities from Lahore Airport.
Sources told Customs Today that a suspect, Ibrar Islam, was apprehended by the Customs Preventive from Allama Iqbal International Airport while he was travelling to Muscat.
During a search of his luggage, the customs officials found 550 gram gold that he was trying to smuggle from Lahore into the gulf state.
The customs investigation and prosecution team presented him before the customs court and sought his physical remand that the court approved for three days. The customs authorities have registered a case against him under Pakistan Customs Act 1969.
Meanwhile on Thursday a number of cases were adjourned for next dates because of a strike against the cancelation of Lahore High Court Multan bench. The Multan bench of Lahore High Court was shifted to Lahore after a misbehaving case by a senior lawyer in Multan.
Chief Justice Lahore High Court took action against that incident and shifted the Multan bench to Lahore for case hearings.
The Punjab Bar Council observed a full day strike in Punjab to show solidarity with the lawyers of Multan. So on Thursday a number of cases in the Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling were postponed for new dates because customs court lawyers also boycotted the court partially.
