LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of PTI stalwart Hammad Azhar, a suspect in Jinnah House attack case, by another 14 days.
The court ordered production of the suspect on November 24.
Earlier, he was produced in court after the completion of judicial remand.
The investigation officer (IO) requested the court for an extension in the judicial remand of the suspect, saying that the supplementary remand was being prepared. “Hammad is involved in the Jinnah House attack case,” he said, adding for three years, he remained a proclaimed offender in May 9 cases.
Also on Tuesday, Hammad filed an application in court, seeking the provision of facilities in jail.
“I want to write a book during my stay in jail. Therefore, I be provided with a chair and a table,” he wrote in the application.
The book, he said, would shed light on the hardships he was facing in jail. “I am confronted with several issues in jail. I have been kept in the cell in which late prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had been kept,” Hammad said, adding that two cameras had been installed in his cell.
He said that he had to take bath without taking off his clothes due to the presence of these cameras. “Therefore, these cameras be removed from my cell,” he requested.
He also drew attention to the fact that he had to sleep on the floor since there was no bed available in jail. “However, I have got accustomed to sleeping on the floor,” Hammad said, adding he was not concerned that he had no bed. “All I want is the provision of a table and a chair.”
He said he wanted future generations to read his book.
