ISLAMABAD - Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani Friday approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan to avert arrest in a corruption scam.
PPP central leader filed a pre-arrest bail before the apex court against the Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict of rejecting his pre-arrest bail.
The Sindh High Court (SHC) had dismissed his pre-arrest bail on October 15, 2021 in embezzlement of funds in the project of MPA hostels in Karachi and illegal appointments and out of turn promotions in the Sindh Assembly. The SHC has also dismissed his bail in accumulation of assets beyond his known means of income.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a reference against Siraj Durrani, his brother Agha Masihuddin Khan, wife, son, daughters as well as 13 others before an accountability court in Karachi in 2019 for allegedly accumulating assets worth over Rs1.61 billion through illegal means.
NAB had arrested the provincial assembly speaker in Feb 2019 in a hotel in Islamabad for investigation and a few months later filed a reference against him, his brother Agha Masihuddin Khan and other family members.