The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted pre-arrest bail to Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Sharjeel Memon in Roshan Sindh Programme case.
A Division Bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Fiaz Ahmad Jandran conducted hearing of the petition and granted Memon pre-arrest bail in this matter.
During the course of hearing, the Chief Justice of IHC asked the official of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regarding the date of an inquiry launched against Roshan Sindh Programme.
To this, the NAB official replied that the anti-corruption watchdog launched the inquiry on February 4, 2019.
Justice Minallah asked why had the inquiry not reached a conclusion yet, and the court should be informed about the outcomes of the inquiry.
He further remarked whether the NAB wanted to kill or torture Sharjeel Memon.
The NAB officer replied that the institution wanted to fulfill the legal requirements in the case.
The IHC bench said that basic rights could not be taken away by arresting Memon as he was not running away, and the institution should take the decision in view of the NAB ordinance.
Memon filed the petition through his counsel Latif Khosa, while Deputy Prosecutor General Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi was representing the NAB in the matter.
Memon's counsel Khosa contended before the court that the NAB could not conduct investigations against his client.
He stated before the court that his client was coordinating with the NAB officials in connection with the inquiry, and the institution should be stopped from arresting him.
The NAB is holding an inquiry into complaints of massive corruption in the Roshan Sindh project initiated by the provincial government for the installation of solar-powered streetlights across the province.
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