Pre-arrest bail granted to former KWSB MD

KARACHI:

The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to provide details of inquiries initiated against former KWSB managing director Hashim Raza Zaidi till February 23. Meanwhile, the court extended the pre-arrest bail granted to him till the next hearing. In September 2015, the court had granted Zaidi bail in connection with a NAB inquiry pertaining to the allotment of 16 acres for Ahsan Dreamland Housing Project on fake documents. Zaidi approached the SHC saying NAB issued him a call-up notice over the issue. The petitioner said he was working as an executive district officer on October 12, 2005, and had nothing to do with the allotment. The petitioner had passed on the case of Allah Bux, who was then in occupation and ownership of the land. Zaidi but fears arrest by NAB authorities. The bench issued notices to the NAB prosecutor and other relevant authorities to appear before the court on the next hearing.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 17^th,  2016.