Rawalpindi, Sept. 14 -- A Rawalpindi court has handed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) a seven-day physical remand of Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza Jehlami, a religious scholar, in connection with a sensitive blasphemy case.

According to The Express Tribune, Senior Civil Judge Waqar Hussain Gondal approved the remand after the FIA produced Mirza at the Rawalpindi district courts under strict security arrangements. The court directed investigators to finalise their questioning and bring the accused back on September 19. Following the court's orders, FIA officials took Mirza back into their custody.

According to The Express Tribune, Mirza was first taken into custody last month by Jhelum police under Section 3 of the Maintenance of Pu...