Accountability court issues arrest warrants of Durrani's family members

According to the NAB prosecutor, his family has fled to the United States

KARACHI: An accountability court issued the arrest warrants of absconders accused in a case of assets beyond means, registered against Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and others.

The court issued the warrants after hearing a National Accountability (NAB) reference against Durrani, his wife, Naheed Durrani, his daughters, Sanam Durrani, Sonia Durrani, Sara Durrani and Suhana Durrani, and other accused, on Saturday. During the hearing, Durrani and other accused appeared before a link judge.

The court ordered to block the Computerised National Identity Cards of the absconders and issued arrest warrants of 13 of the accused, including Naheed, Sanam, Sonia, Sara, Suhana and Durrani's son, Agha Shahbaz Durrani. Moreover, the court also ordered to expedite the proceedings of the reference and remarked that if absconders are not arrested, their names will be excluded from the case.

Following the court's directives, the NAB prosecutor submitted a report about 12 of the absconders to the court. He informed the court that Durrani's family members have fled abroad and said that as per the travel records, they have gone to America. The prosecutor also remarked that besides Durrani's family members, the other accused in the case include his front men as well as Muhammad Irfan, Syed Muhammad Shah, Gul Bahar, Shakeel Ahmed Soomro, Ghulam Murtaza and Munawar Ali.

The court directed the investigation officer to carry out an inquiry against the absconders and present a report at the next hearing.