The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has compiled its final report on a probe into encroachment charges against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Haleem Adil Shaikh.
The ACE has forwarded its report to the competent authority, seeking approval to apprehend the PTI leader.
It alleged the PTI leader encroached upon billions of rupees worth of state land where fake housing schemes and other projects were launched in cahoots with officials of the Sehwan Development Authority and the revenue department.
The report said the department unearthed a network of fake housing societies launched by Karachi Golf City Properties – a group of firms owned by Palm Group of Companies. Haleem Adil Shaikh is said to be the chairperson of the group.
Reacting to the development, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and MPA Haleem Adil Shaikh while talking to media in Karachi, challenged Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah who, he said, controls the department, to prove the charges against him. He alleged that the Sindh government wanted to muzzle his voice. He added that the provincial government is trying to politicize the issue, which is uncalled for.
After a detailed investigation, it turned out that government land was presented as private land by falsifying documents, the department said, adding that the schemes were launched by a person named Tariq Qureshi – alleged frontman of the PTI leader.
