Two excise officials denied post-arrest bail in land fraud case

An anti-corruption court on Wednesday dismissed the post-arrest bail petitions of two Excise Department officials, Raja Waseem Haider and Fazil Ajmal, accused of facilitating the fraudulent sale of land worth millions of rupees through forged documents

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Jul, 2026) An anti-corruption court on Wednesday dismissed the post-arrest bail petitions of two Excise Department officials, Raja Waseem Haider and Fazil Ajmal, accused of facilitating the fraudulent sale of land worth millions of rupees through forged documents.

Anti-Corruption Court Judge Muhammad Jamil announced the decision after hearing arguments from both sides.

The defence counsel requested the court to grant benefit of bail to his clients, claiming they were innocent.

However, the prosecution submitted that the accused allegedly facilitated the sale of valuable land belonging to Nishat Cinema, Rawalpindi, using a forged power of attorney.

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The land, worth millions of rupees, was allegedly transferred in the Names of the co-accused, it added.

The prosecution requested dismissal of the bail petitions, arguing that the accused had assisted their co-accused in the fraud.

The court subsequently rejected the post-arrest bail petitions of Raja Waseem Haider and Fazil Ajmal, who had been serving as Excise and Taxation Officers (ETOs) in Rawalpindi.

The case was registered by the Anti-Corruption Establishment Lahore on the complaint of Nishat Cinema owner Bilal Sajid.