KARACHI:The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday submitted its reply on the petition filed by former federal minister Kamran Michael against his arrest and requested the Sindh High Court (SHC) to declare the petition as non-maintainable.
A two-member bench of the SHC heard the petition and sought a reply from Mihcael’s counsel Javaid Mir till 2 May. Mir submitted his power of legal representative as new counsel for the former minister. The NAB counsel argued that Michael had hidden ground realities from the court, whereas the NAB has collected solid evidences about his involvement in financial wrongdoing. ‘’The former minister had illegally allotted three plots,’’ the counsel said.
He said former minister caused a loss of millions of rupees to the national exchequer. The petitioner had requested the court that his arrest be termed unlawful.
Michael, a former minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, has been accused of illegally allotting three commercial and residential apartment plots at prime locations of KPT Cooperative Housing Society in Karachi to his favourite persons. Michael held the portfolio of the minister for ports and shipping between 2013 and 2016. He held several cabinet posts during different governments. The NAB chairman had ordered an inquiry against Michael for alleged misuse of his authority in January 2018.