KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwart and former opposition leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah’s two sons on Friday approached the Sindh High Court (SHC) to seek pre-arrest bail.
Farrukh Shah and Zareeq Shah along with their lawyers moved bail petitions in the SHC requesting it to grant them pre-arrest bail in order to avoid their arrest at the hands of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) probing an assets beyond means case against their father.
An Islamabad accountability court had granted two-day transit remand of PPP leader Khursheed Shah.
Separately, an alleged frontman of the PPP leader, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, also filed a bail plea, stating that he is ready to be part of the bureau’s probe. He pleaded that he be granted bail before arrest.
An Islamabad accountability court had granted two-day transit remand of PPP leader Khursheed Shah.
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He was arrested Wednesday night by a NAB team comprising officials from its Rawalpindi and Sukkur bureaus for allegedly accumulating assets disproportionate to sources of his income.
According to NAB, Khursaid shah acquired assets worth some 700 Million on the names of his frontman through ill- gotton money.
The opposition’s protested over the arrest of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Leader Syed Khurseed Ahmed Shah on Thursday during the National Assembly session and it concluded without any business. INP/LK
