KARACHI Oct 24 (TNS): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will produce former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Memon in an accountability court today.
Sources said an armoured vehicle has arrived at the NAB headquarters to escort Memon to court.
On Monday after being holed up for hours in the Sindh High Court following his bail dismissal in a corruption case, Memon was taken into custody by the NAB.
The former minister was escorted from the court premises by Rangers and NAB personnel and was surrounded by his lawyers and other supporters. As he was leaving the court, resistance was offered by his supporters leading to an exchange of hot words with NAB officials.
Eleven other accused in the case were also arrested by the bureau.
The accused persons are charged for embezzlement of Rs. 5,766,479,766 purportedly paid to seven advertising agencies for awareness campaigns between 2013 and 2015,” said a press release by NAB.
Memon, who returned to Pakistan in March this year after ending his near two-year-long self-imposed exile, was arrested on his arrival by NAB but later obtained bail.
The other accused in the case include bureaucrats, officials of the information department and members of private advertising agencies.
Memon claims the charges against him are politically motivated.
