KARACHI: The interim bail of former provincial information minister Sharjeel Memon and other accused, including Zulfiqar Shalwani and Yusuf Haburu, in Rs5 billion corruption in provincial information department was extended till August 16 due to the absence of his lawyers Amir Raza Naqvi and Shahab Sarki.
In addition to the above-mentioned case, Sharjeel is also accused of illegal allotment of Forest Department’s land.
Talking to media outside the court, where all the other accused were also present, Sharjeel lashed out at Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for making fabricated cases against late former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
“We faced all such charges in the court,” he said, adding, at that time, fake cases were made against the women of PPP. “Nawaz Sharif should have considered that they, too, were someone’s daughters; he should have paid heed when fake cases were trumped up against the people and when the opponents were made the butt of vengeance,” Memon said.
“We, however, are not happy over prime minister’s daughter Maryam Nawaz’s appearance before the Panama Leaks JIT because the appearance of the daughter of any political or non-political person does not make us happy,” he added.
“Despite all our opposition to Nawaz Sharif’s government,” Sharjeel continued, “we do not like such things.”
