Investigation Against Sharjeel In Forest Land Issue Underway: NAB
Faizan Hashmi Published November 07, 2016 | 08:05 PM
KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 07th Nov, 2016 ) : National Accountability Court (NAB) Monday informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) that following a remonstrance against Sharjeel Memon, an enquiry is underway into leasing out illegally forest land.
A divisional bench headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto took up a petition filed by former provincial minister and PPP leader Sharjeel who is living in self-exile in London, seeking to stop NAB from launching further enquiries against him.
The former minister moved the court through his counsel pleading to restrain the NAB from arresting him in other corruption cases upon his arrival in the country. In response to the court notice, the prosecutor of NAB Noor Muhammad Dayo filed comments by submitting that NAB had filed a reference against Sharjeel and others in a case registered for awarding advertisements.
Dayo informed the court that the former provincial minister is involved in two more corruption cases included unlawful allotment and adjustment of state land in 43 Dehs of Malir and illegal lease of forest land to private persons in Hyderabad from the period of 2009 to 2014.
Adding that the issue of illegal lease of forest land was at initial stage of verification. The lawyer of Sharjeel submitted that his client was desperate to turn up before the accountability court and face the enquiries but he was apprehensive about his unlawful arrest in other false and fabricated cases.
He, therefore, pleaded to the judges to restrain the NAB from arresting him in other cases.
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