Following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling, a significant developmentunfolded in Karachi as an accountability court officially reopened acorruption case amounting to Rs5.75 billion involving Sharjeel Memon, aprominent leader of the Pakistan People’s Party.
In response to this legal resurgence, Sharjeel Memon, along with hisco-accused individuals implicated in the case, appeared before theaccountability court. Their primary objective was to challenge thejurisdiction of the court in light of the Supreme Court’s decision.
However, the court unequivocally stated that, following the Supreme Court’sverdict in the NAB Amendment case, the court’s jurisdiction could no longerbe contested. Consequently, the trial of the corruption case is set torecommence precisely from where it had been left off.
During the latest court proceedings, witnesses and the accused weresummoned, and the court adjourned further proceedings to October 5,creating an atmosphere of anticipation and uncertainty surrounding thecase’s future developments.
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The allegations at the heart of this case revolve around Sharjeel Memon and16 others being charged with embezzling a substantial sum of Rs5.76billion, supposedly misappropriated from advertisement funds within theinformation department. The case stems from a 2016 reference filed by theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB), which accused them of involvement inirregularities related to the allocation of contracts to various newspapersand channels for the dissemination of public interest advertisements andother activities
