SHC dismisses Sharjeel Memon's bail application

Two others given bail in same case

A bail application submitted on medical grounds by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Inam Memon was dismissed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday in a case related to misappropriation in contracts for government advertisements, Express News reported.

However, the bench accepted bail pleas for two other accused in the case.



Memon, a former provincial information minister, was arrested in October last year by the federal anti-graft watchdog officials from outside the SHC after his interim bail plea was revoked.

The bureau had booked him and 11 others – including the former provincial information secretary, other officials of the information department and heads of different advertisement agencies – for allegedly embezzling Rs5.77 billion.

The money was embezzled purportedly while awarding contracts to seven advertising agencies to run awareness campaigns from 2013 to 2015.