A local court in Karachi on Saturday rejected Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) request for an extension in the physical remand of Sarim Burney, a social worker and philanthropist presently in custody in connection with charges of human smuggling, and sent him to jail on two-day judicial remand instead.
The hearing of Burney’s bail petition will be held on June 10. On Thursday, the court had granted a two-day physical remand of Burney to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on human smuggling charges. Investigation Officer (IO) in the case Chaudhry Bilal produced Burney before Judicial Magistrate Khaleequz Zaman and requested for a 14-day physical remand of the suspect.
