Joint parliamentary session to reject Senate election bill, says Khursheed
National
February 5, 2021
SUKKUR: The NAB team Sukkur produced PPP’s Syed Khursheed Shah in the Accountability Court Sukkur in a Rs1.23 billion corruption reference on Thursday. The Judge of Accountability Court, Sukkur, Fareed Anwar Kazi, recorded the statements of the FBR witnesses about the properties of Syed Khursheed Shah, his wives, sons and the other co-accused. Later, the hearing was adjourned till February 18.
While talking to the media, Syed Khursheed Shah said the resignation of the opposition MPs from the assemblies is not an issue at all and that will be done at an opportune time. The PPP leader said the COAS tried to resolve the issues between the opposition and the government, but the prime minister was reluctant to do so. He said if the PTI government is serious in holding Senate elections by open ballot, then why it did not demand the same during the election of the chairman Senate. Sh
Three food department officials jailed
National
December 18, 2020
SUKKUR: The Accountability Court, Sukkur, while hearing a Rs628 million NAB reference against nine food department officials for misappropriating the amount during wheat procurement, jailed District Food Controller Iqbal Memon, Deputy Director Food Sukkur Rafiq Ahmed and ex-deputy director Food Anees-ur-Rehman.
The judge of Accountability Court, Sukkur, Fareed Anwar Kazi, heard the NAB reference on Thursday. The NAB prosecutor, Sukkur, stated that during the investigation of wheat procurement scandal, it was found that around 19,324.886 metric tons of wheat was stolen from eight flour mills of Sukkur, Rohri, Salehpat, Kashmore, Ghotki, Nausharoferoz and Ghotki. The NAB prosecutor charged nine food department officials, including District Food Controller Iqbal Memon, Deputy Director Food Sukkur Rafiq Ahmed and ex-deputy director Food Anees-ur-Rehman and Nazeer Kandhro, with involvement in the wheat theft. Meanwhil