Non-bailable warrant reissued for Sharjeel Memon

E-Paper | June 13, 2026

KARACHI: An accountability court reissued on Saturday warrant for the arrest of former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Inam Memon in a corruption reference.

The former minister, along with the then provincial information secretary, Zulfiqar Ali Shalwani, deputy director of information department Anita Baloch and others, have been booked for allegedly committing corruption in 2013 in awarding advertisements of the provincial government’s awareness campaigns in electronic media involving over Rs5 billion.

The court issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of Sharjeel Memon till Jan 14.

Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2017

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Sab Se Pehle Pakistan

Jan 08, 2017 09:24am

He was sent abroad with VIP protocol by the politicized and biased LEAs of Urban Sindh.

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Ahmed bin Babar

Jan 08, 2017 09:41am

So dishonest to the legacy of ZAB..!

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Khan USA

Jan 08, 2017 10:22am

Corruption and PPP are the two faces of the same coin !

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Khan USA

Jan 08, 2017 10:19am

PPP calls Sindh the motherland and they always loot Sindh with both hands !

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khanm

Jan 08, 2017 10:40am

I have been following the corruption charges so minutely.. my observation so far is that every political party is corrupt EXCEPT FOR P M L N. Indeed one who rules must be angels... Fools rush in where angels fear to tread..

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SDA

Jan 08, 2017 11:33am

Please bring back the nations looted money.

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Muhammad, canada

Jan 08, 2017 11:46am

This guy has been sending his selfies from hospital bed that he is sick. Not sure if he is sick or not but the nation is really sick of his selfies.

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omer.s

Jan 08, 2017 12:03pm

Shan't the electronic media also b made a party to this corruption....???

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Justice

Jan 08, 2017 12:26pm

It seems that no one takes ANY notice of arrests warrants etc. A laughable joke in Pakistan. Only the poor get arrested and punished. God help Pakistan from these evil and corrupt politicians or face self destruction.

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Philosopher(from japan)

Jan 08, 2017 01:20pm

@khanm true. I have never heard any news about any pmnl person might be they are so innocent.

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karamba

Jan 08, 2017 01:54pm

@khanm Don't know whether this was a sarcasm or stated seriously. Also didn't quite understand whether the last statement meant you were referring to PMLN as angels. If serious then your 'minute' observation may be a reflection of your IQ.

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FMs2

Jan 08, 2017 02:05pm

He will never be sentenced, please dont get excited. Whatever evidence is there will soon be removed or erased by corrupt staff one by one, key witnesses will be neutralized and due to lack of evidence he will be released. 5 billion is a lot of money and even half billion if spent on lawyers and corrupting the system it will be worth it.

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Masoud

Jan 08, 2017 03:10pm

While talking on media all dishonest, cheats & corrupts poses as if they never did anything wrong.

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Masoud

Jan 08, 2017 03:10pm

Good he will not come back.

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Gerry D'Cunha

Jan 08, 2017 04:56pm

When will our beloved country be free from corruption and free from these looterars so that the poor people of this country can live in peace.

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Gerry D'Cunha

Jan 08, 2017 05:40pm

@FMs2 your excellent comment hits the bull eye

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Rafique Ahmed Khoso

Jan 08, 2017 06:18pm

EARNED MAXIMUM FROM MINIMUM TIME.....

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Houlbelat

Jan 08, 2017 07:59pm

@khanm: Imagine hundreds of goods train-load of imported Iron Scraps for the Ittefaq foundries detained by Benazir Government for over 2 years and loading unimaginable charges on the fabricated demurrage etc. but still Nawaz Sharif joining hands for the Charter of Democracy! In politics, there are no permanent friends or foes. Imran Khan to learn the basic foundation stones of politics.

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Smart Solutions

Jan 08, 2017 08:49pm

@Justice You may be right. They say they have all the rules and regulations against crime. But question is raised, if those rules apply to rich and influential at all? If they did than there would not be such a flourishing crime in the country. Ask, who has failed the people of Pakistan?

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javed qamer USA

Jan 08, 2017 09:57pm

Please tell INTERPOL to arrest him and send him back to Pakistan. In Pakistan get all the money he has taken and send him to prison for life

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Worthless Wealth.

Jan 09, 2017 06:29am

They all do such deeds after building defensive wall with the help of interests involved! So, just wait and watch, the Law of the Land itself will come to his rescue! SSP Rao Anwar suspended, Sarjeel Memon aquited!

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Saif ZulfiqaR

Jan 09, 2017 08:28am

Just name one minister who has gone to jail for corruption? 200 millions Pakistanis are being fooled everyday by the government and they still vote foe them. Look what happened to corrupt politicians in Arab countries.

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