*ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice Saqib Nisar gives a blow to PPP leader SharjeelMemon after three bottles of liquor were found in former Sindh informationminister hospital room. *
*Subsequently Sharjeel Memon was shifted back to Central Jail, Karachi. *
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar visited Karachi on Saturday to hear cases at theSupreme Court registry and his first stop was at Ziauddin Hospital whereMemon is currently admitted. He said he found three bottles of liquor inMemon’s hospital room and that they had been seized.
Memon is being tried in a corruption case and has been transferred fromjail to the hospital. Justice Nisar only visited Memon’s room at thehospital and spent two to three minutes there.
During the visit, hospital staff were asked to step outside the room. Healso visited Jinnah hospital and the NICVD.
Anwar Majeed and Hussain Lawai, both accused of money laundering in amassive scam being heard by a Karachi banking court, are admitted at NICVD.Anwar’s son AG Majeed is admitted at JPMC.
The jails IG said Memon was shifted to jail and his room was sealed.