Hearing on Nasim’s plea

A special court on Sunday deferred till July 10 the hearing on an appeal by ailing Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim, who seeks exemption from personal appearance in court in the Worldtel scam case. Judge Shahed Noor Uddin passed the order following a petition for more time, moved by defence counsel Sheikh Baharul Islam. Nasim, a former home minister, is now being treated at LabAid Specialised Hospital after he suffered \ a massive stroke on June 24 at Kashimpur jail in Gazi-pur. Nasim filed the application on June 26 as a supplementary to an earlier petition submitted to the government for overseas treatment. Nasim was earlier sentenced to 13 years in jail for amassing wealth beyond the known sources of income.