Assets case: SHC extends Khursheed Shah’s plea till Jan 16

KARACHI: Sindh High Court has extended the plea of Pakistan People Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah till 16th January in the assets case.

SHC judges Justice Naimatullah and Justice Khadim Hussain conducted the hearing of the plea over the bail in the assets case against Khursheed Shah.

The lawyer of Shah informed the court that his client did not receive any notice for today’s hearing neither the petitioner was informed about his bail being suspended. Upon this, the court suspended Shah’s release order till the next hearing for almost a month.

Earlier on 17th December, Shah was granted bail by the accountability court, Sukkur in the same case and ordered him to submit a surety bond of Rs. 5 million.

On 20th December, the accountability court decided to begin the hearing of the assets case against Shah once again from 24th December i.e. from tomorrow.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor filed a reference against Khursheed Shah based on corruption worth one billion 24 million rupees. His family is also included in the case.

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Khursheed Shah was arrested on 18th September by the NAB arrested in assets beyond known source of income case. The NAB of Rawalpindi and Sukkur jointly carried the raid to arrest Shah. He was arrested from his house in Bani Gala.

Shah was facing charges of making assets amounting to Rs500 billion through illegal means.

According to the document, he was accused of transferring an amnesty plot in Sukkur, Rohri, and Karachi, Glamour Bungalow, Junejo Flour Mills, Mukesh Flour Mills including 83 other properties were made under Shah’s frontman, Pehlaj Rai.