KARACHI: An accountability court has summoned a prosecution witness along with documentary evidence in a case pertaining to illegal amalgamation of a commercial plot for a high-rise building of Bahria Town in Karachi.

Former Karachi mayor and Pak Sarzameen Party chairman Syed Mustafa Kamal; Zain Malik, son-in-law of real estate tycoon Malik Riaz; former Karachi district coordination officer Fazlur Rehman, former executive district officer Iftikhar Kaimkhani and others are facing trial in the case.

On Saturday, the matter came up before Accountability Court-III Judge Dr Sher Bano Karim. The former mayor and others appeared in court on bail.

However, prosecution witness Kashmir Dharejo, the then sub-registrar (properties) department of the Sindh Board of Revenue, failed to turn up to record his testimony.

The court directed the witness to appear on the next date along with original documentary evidence and fixed the matter on Nov 6.

In June 2019, the court had admitted the reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Mr Kamal, Mr Rehman, Mr Kaimkhani and others.

The reference also named five builders — Mr Malik, Mohammad Dawood, Mohammad Yaqoob, Mohammad Irfan and Mohammad Rafiq — all associated with M/s DJ Builders and Developers.

Published in Dawn, October 18th, 2021