Summary Opposition Leader Khurshed Shah showed reservations over arresting Dr Asim.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) former petroleum minster and chairman of Sindh Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Asim Hussain is likely to be presented before Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) today (Thursday) by Rangers for a 90-day remand, Dunya News reported.
Earlier, officials of the investigation department nabbed Dr Asim Hussain and deputy managing director of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Shoaib Warsi for alleged involvement in illegal land possession, CNG licenses, illicit contracts and corruption.
The security forces shifted the culprits to some undisclosed location for interrogation.
Team of former federal minister s counsels including Sindh High Court Bar s president Abid Zubairi, Karachi Bar s president Naeem Qureshi and Pakistan Bar Council s member Shahadat Awan have prepared two pleas. One of the pleas states that Hussain suffers from a high blood pressure condition. The plea further states that he used to go for a medical check-up on daily basis and it could be fatal.
Sindh HEC chairman s wife and daughter reached ATC to meet him however, they were expelled out of the court s premises. The women then went to the SHC. Hussain s wife has written a letter to the Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) urging immediate release of her husband. The letter states that Hussain was arrested illegally from HEC s office.
Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and showed reservations over arresting Dr Asim. He asked that why the government is making confinements in Sindh only? He said that the ex-minister is innocent.
Dr Asim Hussain, who is facing different corruption cases, had served as a federal minister for petroleum during Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) tenure.
