KARACHI – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested Sindh Assembly Speaker and PPP stalwart Agha Siraj Durrani in the premises of the Supreme Court (SC), local media said.
Reports in local media said the PPP leader was escorted by NAB officials outside the Supreme Court building in Islamabad after a hearing of his case.
The Sindh High Court earlier rejected the pre-arrest bail plea of senior politician and the latter subsequently approached the Supreme Court to seek relief.
Earlier today, the Supreme Court has directed Durrani to surrender before the National Accountability Bureau. A three-member bench of the apex court, led by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, took up Sindh Assembly speakers’ pre-arrest bail plea.
The court dismissed the plea and instructed Siraj Durrani to surrender before the anti-graft watchdog. Durrani’s counsel prayed before the Supreme Court to grant bail to his client in the assets beyond means case, however,
Durrani, 68, was detained earlier in 2019 by NAB Karachi. He has been accused of accumulating assets worth Rs1.6 billion – which the accountability bureau termed as beyond his known sources of income.
NAB arrests Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani over corruption
In October, the court rejected his bail while granting bail to the eight people accused in the case, including Durrani’s wife, daughters, and sons.
Following the development, the NAB officials raided his residence to apprehend him but failed to do so because of resistance from the private guards. PPP leader then filed an appeal in the top court.
