The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader and Opposition Leader in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly, Akram Khan Durrani, till November 4.
A division bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb heard the petition and granted the JUI-F leader bail against two surety bonds worth Rs 500,000 each in corruption inquiries against him.
The IHC bench also issued notices to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and directed it to submit its reply in this regard. Later, the court deferred hearing in this matter till November 4.
Durrani filed the petition through his counsel Kamran Murtaza and made the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman, deputy director of the Investigation Wing-II and investigation officer as respondents.
The JUI-F leader stated that he has previously served as chief minister of KP and also has been a federal minister for housing and works. He added that the petitioner was sent a questionnaire by the NAB in an enquiry regarding appointment of director PHA-F as chairman of committee and for allotment of plots for mosques. Durrani said that he duly responded it.
He adopted that the petitioner has been playing an instrumental role in Rehbar Committee while his party (JUI-F) is holding Azadi March against the incumbent government from October 27.
"The increase in pace of call-up notices to the petitioner is done with malafide intention at the instance of government just to disturb the political activities," added Durrani.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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