ISLAMABAD (Web Desk/agencies) – Custom Court on Monday dismissed the bail application of supermodel Ayyan Ali accused of money laundering case, media reported.
Judge Mumtaz Hassan Chaudhry was presiding over the hearing and after listening both the parties arguments, the court rejected the bail application of alleged accused model Ayyan.
Earlier, Ayyan’s father Muhammad Hafeez and a panel of lawyer presented themselves in the court on the behalf of the suspect.
The court accepted the request of Ayyan’s father to become a party in the trial and issued summon in this regard.
Muhammad Hafeez pleaded that the case against his daughter is a propaganda and nothing more whereas the life of Ayyan is in danger.
Ayyan’s lawyers were of the view that it is not a smuggling case. Ayyan acquired the money by selling a property to Khalid Malik, brother of former interior minister Rehman Malik.
Prosecutor opposed the arguments and said that the case comes under smuggling as the suspect was caught red-handed on the airport.
He said that there is a set process of money transfer according to which a sum of money can be moved from one place to another.
The country faces economic crisis due to money laundering system, he added.
Furthermore, the prosecutor adopted the stance that no progress has been made in the investigation as the model has undergone excuses of illness.
The court reserved its decision in the case after hearing stance of both the parties.
Earlier, Ayyan was arrested at the Benazir International Airport Islamabad by the Airport Security Forces (ASF) for having at least US $ 506,800 in her bags while leaving for Dubai. Later, the ASF handed her over to the Custom authorities.
