SUKKUR: The National Accountability Court on Monday extended physical remand of Pakistan People Party (PPP) leader former opposition leader Syed Khursheed Shah for more 15 days in assets beyond means reference.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) produced Khursheed Shah before the court in Sukkur in the case.
During the hearing, NAB prosecutor pleaded the court for further remand of the accused for questioning.
Prosecutor said that the accused gives no proper answers of questions adding that the family members of Khursheed Shah were also not cooperating in the probe. “His son Farrukh Shah failed to appear in the NAB office,” the prosecutor told the court.
He claimed that Syed Khursheed Shah also owning a plot in SITE area of Karachi. Prosecutor said that the bureau has expanded investigation against the accused.
Barrister Raza Rabbani in defence arguments said that the NAB has questioned around hundred hours from Khursheed Shah after his detention but without any result. The accountability bureau wants to extract a forced confession from Shah, he argued.
“It is an open violation of Article 30-B of the constitution,” defence counsel said and pleaded to the court for sending the accused to jail on judicial remand.
The court adjourned the hearing till November 04.(Additional Input From INP)
