SUKKUR: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will produce Pakistan People’s Pary (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah before the accountability court today after completion of his physical remand, ARY News reported.
Shah is facing charges of corruption in assets beyond means of income reference filed by the NAB at Sukkur’s accountability court.
People’s Party leaders Nafeesa Shah, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Maula Bux Chandio, Manzoor Wassan, Awais Qadir Shah and others were present at the accountability court premises before the hearing.
Local administration has stepped up security, and large contingents of police have been deployed on the road leading to the court building.
The counsel of Shah in a previous hearing argued that his client being subjected to political victimization.
He claimed that the anti-corruption watchdog found no evidence against his client as the investigation is now shrunken to four plots after levelling allegations of Rs500 billion financial irregularities.
He said that his client had also faced accountability process during [former prime minister] Nawaz Sharif’s tenure and [former president] General Retd. Pervez Musharraf’s era for the second time. He expressed hope that the court will also acquit Shah once again.
Five judicial orders in previous cases were also presented before the court.
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