PESHAWAR, Aug 8: The National Accountability Bureau has filed separate applications before the respective accountability courts for the attachment of properties of former NWFP minister Habibullah Kundi, a land acquisition collector Ayub Shah and of three others.

The investigation officer in the Ring Road land acquisition reference, Habibullah Khan, filed five applications against the five individuals, stating that they remained absconded, and the accountability courts had already declared them proclaimed offenders under Section 87 of the CrPC.

Mr Khan requested the court that their properties should be attached under Section 88 of the CrPC.

The five accused — Habibullah Kundi, Ayub Shah and three brothers of former senator Haji Gul Sher namely Juma Sher, Jam Sher and Khatam Gul—   had been sentenced in absentia to three-year rigorous imprisonment each under section 31-A of the NAB Ordinance, 1999.

The application against the ex-minister was submitted before the accountability court of Judge Miftauddin Khan; two applications against Ayub Shah and Juma Sher were filed in the court of Said Maroof Khan whereas against Jam Sher and Khatam Gul applications were submitted in the courts of Syed Yahya Zahid Gillani and Attaullah Khan respectively.