The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday questioned the maintainability of an application of former provincial minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, seeking the court's direction to restrain the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from arresting him on his arrival in the country in inquiry pertaining to corruption. Earlier this month, the SHC had granted Memon, who is living a self exile in London, an anticipatory bail in the Rs 5 billion reference filed NAB against him and others.
According to the reference, the former Sindh information minister and 17 others had caused over Rs 5.76 billion loss to the national exchequer through the embezzlement in the Sindh government's advertisement campaign on electronic media. In his new application, Memon submitted that his liberty at stake as he still has apprehensions that he would be arrested with mala fide intention on his arrival at airport. The Member of Sindh Assembly from Tharparkar's PS 62 requested the court to restrain NAB from arresting him. A division bench, headed by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto issued notices to the federal law officer and the NAB?s prosecutor directing them to file their respective replies to the application in the next hearing.