From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: A local court has granted a two-day physical remand of Sarim Burney to the Federal Investigations Agency (FIA) on Thursday that follows the activist’s arrest over allegations of involvement with human trafficking.
Investigation officer Chaudhary Bilal had earlier requested a 14-day physical remand for the activist on the basis that it was necessary to gather evidence and apprehend any other alleged accomplices of Burney after obtaining his statement.
The IO had made the request before the accused was presented before Justice Khaleequ Zaman.
He expresssed concerns that failing to do may deter justice as possibility for evidence being tampered or destroyed was high if the FIA did not have obtain custody of the accused.
However, extension of the physical remand was denied with the FIA being given custody of the accused for only two days.
The court further instrcuted the FIA to produce a progress report for the ongoing case.
