LAHORE – As many as four professors including the former Vice Chancellor of Punjab University, Mujahid Kamran were granted bail by the Lahore High Court on Wednesday.
A two-member bench of the court headed by Justice Ali Baqir Najafi granted bail against a surety bond worth Rs 0.5 million each to Mujahid Kamran, Kamran Abid, Dr Liaquat and Amin Athar.
During the hearing of the case, an official of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) tendered an apology for producing the teachers in the court, handcuffed.
‘How dare the anti-graft body do this,’ remarked the provincial high court.
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The Lahore bureau of the accountability watchdog had arrested former vice-chancellor (VC) of the Punjab University Dr Mujahid Kamran along with five ex-registrars over their alleged involvement in a case pertaining to illegal appointments and corruption.
As per reports, Dr Kamran was arrested after he appeared before NAB at its office for the hearing of a corruption case, however, when the professors were produced in a NAB court while being handcuffed, the civil society members disparaged the act.
Supreme Court had also taken notice of the production of teachers being handcuffed and asked the high-ranking official of NAB to tender a public apology over the matter.
