KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed after arrest bail of Ghulam Khan, former secretary Karachi Port Trust (KPT), who is confined in Central Jail Karachi and booked for illegal allotment of KPT lands, getting huge bribe money and corrupt practices.
Kamran Michael, former federal minister for ports and shipping and others are also confined in Central Jail Karachi in this case and court has sought comments from both sides on their after arrest bail applications.
Detailed order came dated 5 October 2019 as a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M Shaikh was hearing these bail applications.
According to the NAB Officials, NAB Karachi had arrested Kamran Michael from Lahore in corruption case, he has been charged for illegally allotting three commercial and flat site plots of prime locations of KPT cooperative housing society (Mai Kolachi area) Karachi to his favourites, against which he received huge bribe money.
Court was informed that the former minister abused his authority by influencing the officials to carry out illegal orders of making allotments in 2013 and he remained minister for ports and shipping during 2013 to 2016 and held other portfolios as well in federal cabinet during different tenures.
NAB officials also informed that a corruption reference with respect to 16 such plots was already filed by NAB Karachi, in which evidence against Kamran Michael for receiving bribe was unearthed during further investigation in the case.
