Court orders to declare four M-6 scam accused as proclaimed offenders

KARACHI: Special Court-Banking on Thursday ordered initiation of process to declare four accused including the former DC Naushehro Feroz as proclaimed offenders.

The court issued orders during hearing of Rs3 billion Sukkur-Hyderabad M-6 Motorway land acquisition scam. The court ordered publication of advertisements in newspapers for arrest of the absconders. The court also directed the FIA investigation officer to submit details of property owned by the accused. Earlier, on Friday a court approved four-day remand of accused arrested in connection with the M6 land acquisition scandal.

Accused Aziz Ansari, Rustam Khoso, Shafique Soomro, Sajjad Memon and others were produced before an anti-corruption court.

The court while granting four days remand of the accused ordered the anti-corruption team to complete the inquiry from the accused till the next hearing. It may be noted that 22 employees have been booked in a motorway land acquisition scam.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) team earlier arrested the ‘front man’ of private contractor Rehmatullah Solangi in the Sukkur-Hyderabad Motorway land acquisition scam.

Must Read

Afghanistan– the Regional Dilemma

Recent terror incidents in Moscow, Iran, and Pakistan have heightened concerns about rising terrorism in Asia. Although the majority of these terror attacks were...

Wooing the IMF

PPSC age restriction