Dr Shahid Masood arrested in PTV corruption case

Dr Shahid Masood arrested in PTV corruption case

Islamabad (Staff Report): Pakistan Television’s (PTV) former chairman Dr Shahid Masood has been arrested in a corruption case.

The TV anchorperson on Friday appeared before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to get bail in Rs38 million PTV misappropriation case.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested him after judge Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani rejected his plea

Earlier, he was granted an interim bail by the high court till Nov 12 in the case. A special court of the FIA, in October, issued arrest warrants for Masood after rejecting his pre-arrest bail plea.