KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed the customs prosecutor to submit his reply to bail petitions of the suspects who are behind bars for their alleged involvement in the cases pertaining to the export of gold worth billions of rupees on fake E-forms. A single bench comprising Justice Salahuddin Panhwar adjourned the hearing after issuing notice to the customs prosecutor to file comments before the next hearing.
Sajid Abdul Qadir, Hanif Musa and Kashan Iqbal approached the high court seeking their release on bail after the trial court dismissed their bail pleas.
Wajahat Minhas, Muhammad Zubair, Kashan Iqbal, Hanif Musa, Sajid Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Shahid, and Irfan are in custody. However, accused Syed Tahir Hussain, Syed Abdul Qawi and Kamran Siddiqui have been released on bail. Tahir Ali and Muhammad Shakeel are still at large. According to the details of the cases, the customs authorities had registered five cases against exporters, including Saani Impex, BD Enterprises and Rubab Corporation, Makkah Enterprises, M/s Reaz Corporation for exporting gold worth billions of rupees on fake e0-forms, causing huge losses to the national exchequer.
