Times of Islamabad

Sindh Assembly Speaker Chamber declared as sub jail

Sindh Assembly Speaker Chamber declared as sub jail

*KARACHI – **Sindh Assembly Speaker Chamber has been declared as sub jail** bythe provincial government.*

*The provincial government has declared Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha SirajDurrani’s chamber at the provincial legislature building a sub-jail todetain him.*

According to the details, the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) leader will bekept in his chamber instead of prison for the time being. The provincialassembly’s secretary confirmed that the chamber has been declared asub-jail to detain the speaker.

It is noteworthy that the Sindh Assembly speaker is in judicial custody inan asset beyond means case filed against him by the National AccountabilityBureau (NAB). The NAB has filed a reference against Agha Siraj Durrani forallegedly possessing assets beyond his known sources of income.

The NAB named 20 persons including Agha Siraj as accused in the referencefiled in an accountability court after an inquiry, which continued forthree months and 10 days.