Shahid Masood To Be Indicted In PTV Embezzlement Case On Feb 1

The special judge central Kamran Basharat Mufti Friday adjourned the hearing of a case pertaining to financial embezzlement by former MD PTV Dr Shahid Masood

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2019 ) :The special judge central Kamran Basharat Mufti Friday adjourned the hearing of a case pertaining to financial embezzlement by former MD ptv Dr Shahid Masood.

The anchorperson will be indicted in the case in next date of hearing which has been fixed for February 1.

The FIA court judge had already dismissed the objections raised by the counsels for Shahid Masood regarding the sections which were wrongly imposed against the anchorperson.

During the hearing the defense counsel Shah Khawar urged the court that they were filling an appeal in Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the dismissal of objections by the central court and prayed for more time for indictment till the decision over such appeal by the IHC.

The court after listening to the defense counsel approved the request and adjourned the hearing.

Dr Shahid Masood was arrested by the FIA on December 23, 2018 in the case of his allegedinvolvement in the financial embezzlement in PTV during his tenure as the Managing Director andchairman of state-run television.