Fearing investigations, Agha Siraj Durrani's family leaves for US: sources

KARACHI: Family of Agha Siraj Durrani, the under-investigation Sindh Assembly speaker, has quietly left for the United States, fleeing from anti-graft investigations, ARY News has learnt.

Durrani’s wife Naheed and daughters Sarah and Shahana Durrani were yet to be investigated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in connection with the gold ornaments recovered from Durrani’s lockers.

According to sources, the family left for the US on Sunday morning. The family travelled business in a private, foreign airline.

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Sources informed that as the family left for the US, a Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) provincial minister saw them off at the Karachi airport, whereas a former federal minister of PPP received them at a yet unknown destination in the US.

The identities of the ministers overseeing the family’s escape couldn’t be confirmed so far.

Earlier on March 5, the anti-corruption watchdog had recovered foreign currencies with an estimated worth of Rs5,518,744 besides seizure of 2.14 kilogram of gold from the bank lockers.

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NAB officials found 1.9-kilogram gold during the search of Naheed Durrani’s bank lockers which contained an estimated worth of more than Rs20 million.

NAB sources said that the foreign currencies include Saudi riyal, United Arab Emirates (UAE) dirham, US dollar and various other countries.

The estimated worth of riyal and dirham is more than Rs3 million if converted into Pakistani currency.

Seizure of 4400 US dollars and 4200 British pounds was also made during the action carried out by NAB.