Accountability court puts off graft hearing against Sharjeel Memon

KARACHI: An accountability court here on Saturday put off the hearing of a graft reference against Sharjeel Memon, former information minister of Sindh.

The hearing was adjourned till February 15 owing to the absence of the accountability judge.

Police produced the PPP leader and other accused in the court as it was to resume their trial in the case pertaining to the corruption of Rs 5.76 billion in the provincial information department.

On October 23, Sharjeel Memon was taken into custody along with other accused persons from outside the SHC main building after the court revoked their interim bail in a case pertaining to the corruption of Rs5.76 billion in the provincial information department.

Memon is also facing another case which pertained to his alleged role in getting the state land allotted and adjusted in 43 Dehs at throwaway price for a property developer, depriving the public exchequer of billions of rupees in revenue.

Sharjeel Memon, who had returned to Pakistan in March this year after his two-year-long self-imposed exile, is facing several charges of misappropriation and corruption.

A reference filed against him related to the alleged award of government advertisements at exorbitant rates, causing loss of more than Rs five billion to the national exchequer.