SUKKUR: On the charge of making assets in excess of income, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has raided the residence of Provincial Minister Sindh Sohail Anwar Siyal on Wednesday.
According to sources, the provincial minister’s house was searched for four hours seized important documents.
Sources further said the NAB team also raided the residence of provincial minister Sohail Anwar Siyal in Larkana.
The team stayed at Sohail Anwar Siyal s residence for hours and searched each room during the raid. Sources said that the raid was carried out in a case of disproportionate assets. Important documentary evidence was found during the search, sources added.
Meanwhile, a statement issued by Sohail Anwar Siyal said that NAB has taken revenge, “The house which was raided is in the name of my father and it was declared in the records of FBR. The NAB operation is a trial of my father s grave”, he added.
Sources said the NAB team has also raided the house of Asad Kharal, the frontman of provincial minister Sohail Anwar. “Asad Kharal is a shareholder in several business matters with Sohail Anwar Siyal” sources added.
Sohail Anwar Siyal is facing a case pertaining to assets beyond known means. In his statement today, he said NAB had informed the accountability court that the investigation against him began in 2019, while his father had passed away before that time.
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