SHC grants interim bail to ex-CM Shah in illegal land allotment case.

KARACHI -- Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday granted an interim bail to former Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah against Rs1 million surety till next week of February 2019 and directed him to cooperate with National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

A two-member bench of the SHC heard the bail plea of Shah filed against the NAB for issuing him a call-up notice in connection with a probe into illegal allotment of land in the Malir River bed. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader pleaded the high court to grant him a bail before arrest and restrain the anti-graft watchdog from arresting him.

Zameer Ghumro, the counsel of the Ex-CM, told the court that his client had received a call-up notice from NAB for 26 December. He said that the land, which...

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