The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday extended interim bail granted to former Sindh minister Jam Kha
n Shoro and others till Feb 4 in a case related to illegal allotment of state
land and assets beyond means.
A two-judge bench of the SHC was hearing the case and the accused appeared before the court.
During the hearing, a NAB prosecutor requested the court to grant the bureau some more time to complete its inquiry against the accused. Granting his request, the court directed the corruption watchdog to file a reference in the case at the earliest.
Former provincial minister Jam Kha
n Shoro is facing charges of accumulating assets beyond known sources of his income an
d is also accused of illegally allotting state land for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) station in Hyderabad’s area of Qasimabad.
Ac
cording to the NAB, illegal allotment of land cost the national exchequer a sum
of Rs180 million.
