NAB plans to challenge Agha Siraj Durrani's production order

Dunya News

The officials of the watchdog are waiting for the approval of the chairman.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday has prepared plan to challenge production order of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani.

According to details, the officials of the watchdog are waiting for the approval of the chairman.

On the other hand, family of Agha Siraj Durrani has also decided to move court against his arrest.


NAB arrests Agha Siraj Durrani


On February 20, NAB had arrested Agha Siraj Durrani for investigation into assets disproportionate to his known sources of income and funds embezzlement charges.

Afterwards, accountability court had sent Durrani on a three-day transit remand.

According to NAB, the speaker owns properties in Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur while he could not provide satisfactory response to the ongoing investigation by NAB officials.

The NAB had also obtained the required information from the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and found that the properties and companies have been named after him and his 11 family members.

The speaker was taken into custody from a hotel in Islamabad’s Red Zone area.

It is pertinent to mention that the NAB had approved an inquiry against Durrani over various allegations of corruption in July, 2018.