Omni Group director gets bail in five NAB cases.

Byline: Malik Asad

ISLAMABAD -- The IslamAabad High Court on WednesAday granted bail to Omni Group director Abdul Ghani Majeed in five cases initiated against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

An IHC division bench comprising Justice Minagul Hassan Aurangzeb and Justice Fiaz Ahmed Anjum Jandran granted him bail against surety bonds of Rs100 million in cases relating to Park Lane, Thatta water supply, Roshan Sindh PrograAmme, alleged embezzlement in sugarcane subsidy and allotment of amenity plots. Ghani Majeed had sought the bail on medical grounds.

The same bench had on Feb 13 granted him post-arrest bail in a mega money laundering case. The Omni Group director and other members of his family, including Anwer Majeed, were initially nominated in the money laundering case.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) took Anwer Majeed into custody on Aug 15, 2018 from the Supreme Court premises where he and his family members appeared before a three-judge bench, headed by then chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar, in a suo motu case pertaining to alleged money laundering of Rs35 billion through fake bank accounts.

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