LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has adjourned four different pre-arrest bail pleas on Tuesday.
The court on Wednesday postponed the hearing of 16 cases related to customs matters including four pre-arrest bail pleas.
On Tuesday, the counsels for accused requested the court to put off the hearing of their respective cases for preparation of arguments on which the court adjourned the hearings for different dates.
According to the cause list, three out of 16 cases were fixed for formal hearing of accused named Shehzad, Abdullah and Tariq and others.
Pre-arrest bail pleas were also scheduled for Friday which the court has also adjourned for next hearing.
The court also postponed the cases of narcotics, tax evasion, smuggling and customs matters. Cases from Faisalabad, Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan were also scheduled for hearing on Thursday.
The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling has also extended the date of hearing of a case of gold smuggling against the accused and will frame a crime against the accused.
He was arrested by the customs authorities from Lahore Airport. Sources told Customs Today that a suspect, Ibrar Islam, was arrested by the Customs Preventive from Allama Iqbal International Airport while he was travelling for Muscat. During search of his luggage, the customs officials found 550 gram gold which he was trying to smuggle from Lahore into the gulf state.
