KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) granted on Friday protective bail to Sher Muhammad Mugheri, one of the suspects in a money laundering case along with Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai and others.
A two-member bench approved Mugheri’s bail for seven days against a sum of Rs200,000. The SHC also directed him to appear before the trial court.
Talpur and another suspect, Shehzad Jatoi, also got protective bail in the case.
A two-member bench of the SHC also heard bail petition of Shaheed Benazirabad Commissioner Ghulam Mustafa Phul who was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for his alleged involvement in a land scam after his pleas for pre-arrest bail were rejected by the SHC and Supreme Court.
The federal anti-graft watchdog submitted a reply to the court in which it claimed that Phul, during the time when he served as the land utilisation secretary, approved illegal conversion of 70 acres of industrial land in Malir into residential scheme. The bureau informed the court that a reference had been filed against Phul and other suspects.
The SHC directed the suspect’s lawyer to submit a reply by August 8 and adjourned hearing till then.
The SHC also adjourned hearing on a petition against the appointment of Dr Asim Hussain as the head of the Sindh Higher Education Commission (HEC) for indefinite period as the petitioner’s lawyer failed to show up at the court.
