 Member of the National Assembly Amanullaha Sial, one of the main suspects in the Maulana Azam Tariq murder case has received a five day physical remand. Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court’s Safder Hussain Malik remanded Mr Sial for five days on Saturday. The judge declined a request from an investigation officer for a seven day physical remand for Mr Sial. Mr Sial, who was brought to the court under tight security, told the judge that he suffers from several diseases, including high blood pressure and an eye infection.
| Hmmm... Tough, ain't it? Poor, old loony, murderous Azzam Tariq suffers from rigor mortis and decomposition. Not that I mind, particularly... |
The court ordered the investigation officer to provide Mr Sial medical help during his physical remand. The court also directed the investigation officer to produce Mr Sial on March 25. A federal investigation team took Mr Sial to an undisclosed location for questioning about Maulana Azam Tariq’s murder. Zulifqar Naqvi, defence counsel for the accused, appeared before the court and stated that the investigation team had not examined the location where the plan was developed to murder Azam Tariq. He said the complainant had mentioned in the statement he gave to the investigation officer that the murder plan was allegedly hatched at the house of Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the acting president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.
| Expect his car to boom soon. If Qazi's involved, you know all the witnesses are gonna be dead... |
He added that according to the complainant, Allama Sajid Naqvi, president of the Pakistan Islami Tehrek, was present at the MMA supreme council meeting at Mr Ahmed’s residence when the murder plan was developed. |