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SHC rejects bail plea of Sindh LG Secretary Roshan Sheikh

SHC rejects bail plea of Sindh LG Secretary Roshan Sheikh
August 24, 2020
KARACHI (92 News) - The Sindh High Court (SHC) rejected the bail plea of Local Government Secretary Roshan Ali Sheikh in an illegal land allotment case. Roshan Ali Sheikh and nine other suspects in the illegal land allotment case had filed bail pleas in the SHC, which were rejected and the high court ordered the arrest of the Local Government secretary and other accused. The judge said they were involved in illegal land allotment and misusing their powers as government officials. "By doing so, they caused a loss to the national exchequer," he noted. The court said Sheikh should be arrested. The NAB prosecutor said a reference had already been filed. Meanwhile, the NAB arrested accused Wasim in the case and team is also ready to arrest Roshan Sheikh in the high court. Fazalur Rehman, Nadeem Qadir Khokhar and Sabiha Islam are some of the others named in the case. MQM leader Saif Abbas, Shoaib and Shaukat Jokhio were granted bail and the court ordered their immediate release. They had been in jail for two years.