Extension of Khaleda’s punishment: ACC’s appeal hearing Wednesday

Staff Correspondent: The High Court has fixed tomorrow (Wednesday) for hearing on acceptance of an appeal filed by Anti-Corruption Commission seeking extension of punishment for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.

An HC bench of justice M Enayetur Rahim and justice Md Shahidul Karim fixed the date after the appeal was placed before it on Tuesday.

The ACC filed the appeal petition on Sunday.

Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister, was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on 8 February.


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