KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Nisar Khuhro has moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) seeking pre-arrest bail against the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The PPP Sindh President has filed a petition through his counsel in the high court stating that he is being investigated in two separate inquiries including one for allegedly possessing assets beyond known means of income.
The provincial minister said he risks being arrested by the anti-graft organisation. He pleaded to the court to restrain the bureau from arresting him, stating he was willing to cooperate in the inquiry and requires protective custody.
It may be mentioned that Nisar Khuhro has been summoned by NAB. In May, the bureau has reopened two cases of alleged corruption against Nisar Khuhro and provincial minister Nawab Taimur Talpur.
NAB Sukkur has summoned Nisar Khuhro in an inquiry into the alleged corruption in the Sindh Food Department. He is facing a case for amassing assets beyond known sources of income. Similarly, revenue authorities of district Umerkot has summoned Taimur Talpur in six complaints of land forgery.
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