Mar 31, 2015
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Court reserves verdict on Ayyan Ali’s bail plea
INPRAWALPINDI - The Lahore High Court Rawalpindi bench on Tuesday reserved verdict over model Ayyan Ali’s petition seeking bail in money laundering case.
The counsel for the Customs Department said that jail is safe for Ayyan at this time as her father has also been shot earlier. Justice Maqbool Bajwa held hearing of the case, while counsel for the defence advocate Sardar Ishaq, maintained that the Customs authorities have completed their investigation into the matter and termed his client a mere tool in committing the crime. He said that when a woman charged with murder could get bail then his unmarried 22-year-old client must also be granted bail. While talking to journalists after the hearing, Customs counsel Farhat Nawaz Lodhi said that Ayyan’s two mobile phones have not been decoded yet.
He said that she could not provide a reliable reason for possessing that much foreign currency. Lodhi said that Ayyan’s brother has provided the authorities few documents which would be analysed soon. He said that to transport foreign currency is termed smuggling and it could cost Ayyan at least Rs 50 crore for trying to smuggle Rs 5 crore.
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk