PPP lawmaker Sharmila Farooqui cannot hold public office or being elected due to her conviction in Steel Mill reference.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi in a letter to HQ Islamabad said that Sharmila Farooqui and two other accused Usman Farooqui and Mrs Arsha had entered into plea bargain with the bureau in 1999.
The plea bargain was later approved by an accountability court, it said.
In a second reference, all three accused entered into another plea bargain, which was approved by Accountability Court in Karachi in November 2001.
According to the NAB, all three persons stand disqualified for period of 21 years as per court’s judgment in April 2001 and a period of 10 years as per another judgment dated December 10, 2001.
It, however, said that the disqualification period was reduced from 21 years to 10 years with immediate effect from August 10, 2001 through an amendment through Ordinance NO-XXXV of 2001.
