- AC gets three-day transit remand of Speaker
ISLAMABAD, February 20: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday arrested Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani and secured his three-day transit remand.
Durrani, who was under investigation in three cases pertaining to illegal appointments, accumulating assets beyond means, and embezzlement of funds, was arrested from a private hotel in Islamabad and taken to the NAB office in Rawalpindi.
Later, the NAB officials presented the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader before an accountability court and sought his seven-day transit remand. “The relevant authority issued Durrani’s arrest warrants and references against him are ongoing in Karachi,” NAB officials told the court.
As the court refused to grant seven-day transit remand, NAB officials said, “We will take him to Karachi today or tomorrow and asked for more time owing to bad weather.” Durrani then told the court, “I was scheduled to depart for Karachi at 7pm today.” The court then ordered that Durrani’s medical examination be conducted today and granted NAB three-day transit remand of the Sindh Assembly speaker. -Agencies
