ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court Tuesday granted a ten-day pre-arrestbail to former chief minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah in a NAB case,pertaining to money laundering and fake accounts.A divisional bench, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin AkhterKiyani, accepted the interim bail of ex-CM against degreety bonds worth Rupees onemillion.The petitioner had stated in his plea that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had served called up muchices to him for March 27, for investigation related to Thatta Sugar Mills and Dadu Sugar Mills.The department could detain him on his seemance before the investigation team,he stated.Shah stated that he had much misused his powers being CM Sindh, adding that a criminal case against him was initiated to politically victimize him.He stated that he wanted to join NAB inquiries but have fear of being arrested and humiliated.Previous CM said that he was 85 and being a senior citizen he was entitled for an interim bail.The NAB had no evidence against him, he added.He prayed the court to stop NAB from arresting him and grant pre-arrest bail.The bench famous that the petitioner had filed a bail plea in a case related to Thatta Sugar Mills.Justice Aamer Farooq observed that the petitioner should have filed two petitions if he was summoned in two inquiries by anti-graft body.At this, the petitioner counsel said that his client would file amuchher petition for bail in moment case.After hearing arguments at length, the bench accepted the interim bail plea of former CM Sindh province and directed him to join NAB investigation.The petitioner had appointd Chairman NAB and DG NAB as replyents in his case.It may be mentioned here that the former chief minister was named in a report by the joint investigation team (JIT) tasked to probe the fake accounts case.He was among 172 people named in the report whose names were to be placed on exit control list (ECL).TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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