The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Saturday Sindh MPA Syed Farukh Ahmed Shah in a case relating to assets beyond his known means of income. Farrukh Shah, the son of PPP leader Khursheed Shah, was arrested after a court in Sukkur ordered his arrest. The Sindh MPA surrendered himself before the judge on the orders of the Supreme Court. NAB had filed a corruption reference against him, his father and other relatives. A NAB spokesperson said Shah will be produced in an accountability court on Monday.
SC to take up Zardari’s pleas on NAB cases tomorrow
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December 14, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will hear former president and Co-chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari’s petitions regarding transfer of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references against him from accountability court-II Islamabad to an accountability court in Karachi on Tuesday (tomorrow).
A three-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Sajjad Ali Shah and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi would hear the petitions.
Zardari has moved four separate petitions seeking transfer of four corruption references against him from the Islamabad accountability court to any other accountability court in Karachi.