Islamabad: Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani has been arrested from the outside the Supreme Court by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The Sindh Assembly Speaker. Agha Siraj Durrani is in Supreme Court for three hours.
The Speaker Sindh Assembly will be shifted to Karachi after taking his transitional remand from an accountability court.
Earlier, The Supreme Court on Friday ordered Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani to surrender to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in assets beyond means case.
Durrani showed up before the apex court after evading the anti-corruption watchdog for a month and a half. He had gone into hiding after the Sindh High Court (SHC) revoked his bail.
A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, took up a petition filed by the PPP leader seeking pre-arrest bail. His lawyer requested the court to grant his client bail so he can surrender before the relevant trial court.
Rejecting the plea, the top court directed Durrani to surrender to the bureau.
“We have to proceed with the case as per the law,” Justice Bandial remarked.
“We will take up your bail petition once you surrender,” Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, a member of the bench, said.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah noted that the accused didn’t surrender to the NAB despite his bail revoked by the Sindh High Court.
The counsel stated that his client has surrendered before the apex court, insisting that the speaker be granted bail. At this, Justice Sajjad said the court doesn’t accept such a surrender.
