KARACHI, Nov 22 (INP): The Sindh High Court on Thursday extended bail of former Sindh minister Jam Khan Shoro till December 5 in a corruption case. According to officials of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the former minister is facing inquiries in three different cases. One of the cases against the former provincial local government minister includes illegal allotment of 62 government plots in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar area. Former director general Karachi Development Authority Nasir Abbas has also been arrested in the same case. [timed-content-server show="11/23/2018 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]The NAB said illegal allotment of plots cost the national exchequer Rs 180 million. The minister is also facing charges of encroaching 262 acres of land in Thatta. Shoro is currently the MPA from PS-62 Hyderabad-I elected on the Pakistan People’s Party ticket. The PPP leader is also facing a charge of setting up a petrol station on a land of a water hydrant in Hyderabad’s Qasimabad area. Jam Khan Shoro had won the general elections for PS-62 constituency of Sindh. A probe against him was launched by the accountability watchdog in October last year. A petition regarding the candidacy of Shoro was also filed before the Sindh High Court. The petitioner named, Mehboob Abro, had claimed that Shoro was not qualified to contest the elections, alleging that the former provincial minister was involved in forging the land record. During the hearing, defence lawyer Khalid Javed Khan told the court that NAB, in their previous answering, stated that signatures of Jam Khan Shoro were present on the documents that contain minutes of the KDA Meeting. The lawyer added that the plots upon which Jam Khan Shoro has been alleged for their auction were auctioned over High Court’s orders. During the proceedings, Court questioned the Investigation officer for the copies of documents against Jam Khan Shoro to which he responded that all the pertaining documents are in the possession of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Hence, the court ordered to provide copies of the documents to Jam Khan Shoro from National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Investigation Officer. INP/LK[/timed-content-server]