Under NAB investigation: Former IG allowed to perform Hajj

Ghulam Haider Jamali is accused of misusing funds

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court granted on Tuesday permission to former Sindh IG Ghulam Haider Jamali, who is under investigation by the national anti-corruption watchdog, to visit Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.

The two-judge bench ordered, however, the former top cop to deposit a surety of Rs1 million with the court.

Last week, the court had granted pre-arrest bail to Jamali in connection with inquiries being conducted by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) into alleged unfair distribution of police investigation funds and recruitments.



On Tuesday, the court was informed that the applicant had already scheduled his visit to Saudi Arabia to perform the annual pilgrimage.

Producing his air tickets, the lawyer assured the court that Jamali will return to Pakistan by October 5. Therefore, the court was pleaded to allow him travel abroad, as a similar permission was granted to the co-accused in the case, Syed Fida Hussain.

Granting the request, the bench allowed the applicant to travel abroad and furnish a surety of Rs1 million.

Taking notice of corruption in the police force, the Supreme Court had referred both the matters to the NAB after court-appointed fact-finding committees had leveled serious allegations of corruption against the former top cop and others in recruitments and unfair distribution of investigation funds.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2016.