KARACHI:Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday expressed displeasure against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for failing to file a reference against former Sindh law minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar and others in an assets case despite the passage of more than three years.
A two-member bench of the SHC, headed by Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro, extended the interim bail granted to Lanjar, Khan Bahadur and Hassan Effendi until November 16.
The court directed the NAB to provide a progress report regarding its inquiry against the accused in next hearing. Lanjar and other accused have been out on bail since 2017.
Justice Kalhoro asked NAB prosecutor Ubaidullah Abro to explain why the NAB has not yet filed the reference in the case and how much more time it needed to do the same.
The prosecutor stated that the NAB has got more evidence against Lanjar as it has traced his ‘benami’ property in Sakrand. The former provincial law minister owns benami land measuring 260 acres in Sakrand and the verification process of the benami property is underway.
The prosecutor said the NAB needs more time to wrap up its investigation against the accused. The court sought a progress report from NAB Sukkur on next nearing and it adjourned the hearing till 16th November.