KARACHI:,,, Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday extended on Thursday an interim bail granted to former Sindh minister Jam Khan Shoro and others until Feb 4 in a case pertaining to illegal allotment of state land and assets beyond known source of income.
A two-member bench of the SHC, heared the interim bail plea filed by Shoro and others. During the hearing, a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor requested the court to grant the bureau some more time to complete its inquiry against the accused. The court granted the plea of NAB prosecutor and directed NAB file a reference in the case at the earliest.
Shoro is facing charges of accumulating assets beyond known sources of his income and is also accused of illegally allotting state land for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station in Hyderabad’s area of Qasimabad.
According to the NAB, illegal allotment of land cost the national exchequer a sum of Rs 180 million.