National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has released a senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Sharjeel Inam Memon after the investigation on Saturday night following his arrival at Islamabad airport.
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had detained the former Provincial Minister for Information Sharjeel Memon over corruption allegations from Islamabad airport.
The former information minister Sindh had arrived from Dubai to Islamabad, and NAB officials had already cognizant of his arrival, hence they arrested the PPP leader moments after he landed at the airport.
The NAB in October 2016 filed before the accountability court a reference against Memon for committing corruption in the award of advertisements of provincial government’s awareness campaigns in electronic media involving over Rs5 billion.
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It was alleged that Sharjeel Memon issued contracts to favourite advertising agencies at exorbitant rates even without confirming the market rates.
Memon was out of country for more than 16 months and didn’t return the country at any point during the said period.
Sources informed that the PPP leader will address an important press conference today.
