Islamabad ATC rejects police request for physical remand of ex-GB CM Khalid Khurshid

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday rejected the police’s request for 30-day physical remand of PTI leader and former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister Khalid Khurshid and sent him to jail on judicial remand in connection with a case registered over the November 26 protest. Judge Abul Hasnat Muhammad Zulqarnain heard the case against Khurshid. During the hearing, Islamabad police produced the PTI leader before the court and sought his physical remand for 30 days. However, the court turned down the request and directed that he be sent to judicial custody. A case was registered…