Sindh

Illegal land allotment: Chief secretary gets interim bail

NAB had accused Siddique Memon of illegally allotting six acres in Scheme 33

Our Correspondent August 26, 2015

NAB had accused Siddique Memon of illegally allotting six acres in Scheme 33. PHOTO: BORSINDH.GOV.PK

KARACHI: The top provincial bureaucrat, Muhammad Siddique Memon, obtained on Wednesday interim bail to avoid arrest in a case of allegedly illegal land allotment.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had accused Memon of illegally regularising and allotting six acres in Karachi's Scheme 33.

According to Barrister Zamir Ghumro, NAB had recently served a notice on the chief secretary calling him for questioning in this case.

Ghumro argued that neither had the petitioner allotted such land nor had he regularised it.

"Therefore, the notice from NAB is malafide and interference in the smooth functioning of the Sindh government," he added.

The lawyer further argued that NAB's notice is illegal and unconstitutional since there is no role of his client in the commission of the alleged offence.

He pleaded the court grant Memon bail before arrest to enable him to appear before the NAB authorities for questioning.

Headed by Justice Ahmed Ali M Sheikh, the Sindh High Court bench granted bail to the chief secretary till September 11 against a surety of Rs500,000.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 27^th, 2015.

COMMENTS (2)

Jalbani Baloch | 9 years ago | Reply This man has no moral right to remain as a Chief Secretary of the province. He must relinquish his position and prove his innocence in the court of law, otherwise, there is a possibility that he can influence by one way or the other, on the application of due course of law in his case.

syed & syed | 9 years ago | Reply Why this big fish was granted bail. If he did not regularize the allotment then angels came from heaven.

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