GUJRAT: A former MNA of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) from Lalamusa, Syed Faizul Hassan Shah, has been sent to Gujrat district jail on judicial remand for 14 days.

It is learnt that Lalamusa Saddar police had arrested Mr Shah on Monday in connection with a case lodged against him on different charges regarding the Nov 26 Long March call by the PTI last year.

Mr Shah, his nephew Wajahat Shah, a PTI-backed independent candidate from Lalamusa NA seat in last year’s Feb 8 elections, and scores of the PTI workers had also been booked in that case.

Faizul Hassan Shah was produced before the court of a magistrate in Kharian by Lalamusa police and the court sent him to Gujrat district jail on judicial remand.

Belonging to a strong Kulewal Syedan group of Gujrat, Mr Shah had been elected as an MNA on PTI ticket in the 2018 general elections by defeating PPP stalwart Qamar Zaman Kaira and PML N’s former minister for state Jaafar Iqbal Fatta Bhand.

However, he did not contest the February 2024 polls and fielded his nephew Wajahat Shah as a PTI-backed independent candidate from NA-65 (Lalamusa-Dinga) Gujrat district.

arrested: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday arrested two proclaimed offenders from Sara-i-Alamgir and Sialkot who were wanted in human trafficking cases.

A senior FIA official said the human smuggler, Nasir Mehmood of Data Zaidka Qila Kalarwala, Tehsil Pasrur, Sialkot, was arrested in a case registered with Gujranwala region. He demanded Rs2.7m of which he received an amount of Rs0.7m to send a man to Greece but failed to do so.

Similarly, in the FIA Gujrat circle, proclaimed offender Adnan Ali, son of Naeem Akhtar of Bhag Nagar, tehsil Sara-i-Alamgir, was arrested for submitting a fake bank statement in Turkish embassy for obtaining the Turkish visit visa. He was found guilty in an inquiry.

Published in Dawn, February 19th, 2025