SHC grants bail in PSL match-fixing case
Sindh High Court building. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The Sindh High Court granted on Monday bail to three accused in a case pertaining to match-fixing and money laundering in the Pakistan Super League 2020 tournament.
The two member-bench ordered the release of Faisal, Sajid and Ahmed on bail, directing them to submit bonds of Rs500,000 each.
According to the prosecution, 13 people have been charged in the case, while Narinder Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Mohammad Faisal, Ahmed Al-Ramghan, Hanif Sheikh and Mohammad have been arrested. They claimed a group of international bookies had planned to discredit Pakistan.
Petition against Arif Alvi
Another two-member bench, comprising Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed, rejected a petition seeking the disqualification of President Arif Alvi from his National Assembly seat.
The petition stated Dr Alvi should be barred from contesting elections, claiming he had tampered with land records.
Corruption in antiquities dept
A bench headed by Justice KK Agha, meanwhile, sought the complete record of inquiry and investigation into former antiquities director-general Manzoor Kanasro and nine other officers from the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) prosecutor and investigation officer (IO).
The court was hearing the bail plea filed by the accused in a NAB corruption reference.
The court expressed displeasure when the accused’s counsels of the accused sought more time for their arguments, pointing out that they did not appear in court after obtaining interim bail.
The court directed the NAB prosecutor and petitioners’ counsels to present their arguments on Tuesday (today), seeking complete case records from NAB.
*WITH ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM PPI
Published in The Express Tribune, September 29th, 2020.