KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday refused to treat a bail petition of former information minister Sharjeel Memon as an urgent matter and said that the appeal would be addressed as per court rules. The imprisoned PPP leader through his lawyer moved the bail petition seeking bail-after-arrest in a case pertaining to the corruption of Rs5.76 billion in the Sindh information department. On which, the lawyer said Memon is not well and needed urgent treatment, which was not possible inside prison. Rejecting his request, the judge directed him to file the petition in court office, which will fix it for hearing as per court rules. On January 02, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, who headed a three-judge bench of the apex court, dismissed the bail appeal of Memon for being infructuous.

Source: Pakistan Today January 05, 2018 06:33 UTC