[DAWN] KARACHI: An accountability court disqualified Pakistain Peoples Party's (PPP) Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Syed Ali Nawaz Shah from Sindh Assembly after convicting him and his two close relatives in a fraud case.The court convicted Ali Nawaz on Thursday along with his nephew, Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah, and cousin, former MNA Syed Khadim Ali Shah, in a case pertaining to land revenue fraud worth millions of rupees.
The court has imposed a fine of Rs0.56 million on Nawaz Shah, while Khadim Shah and Imtiaz Shah have been asked to pay a fine of Rs0.54 million and Rs0.43 million, respectively.
The veteran politician and PPP politician was disqualified from holding membership of the legislature for ten years and was sentenced to five years in prison.
His cousin Syed Khadim, who also served as the federal population minister in 1988, and nephew Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah, have been sentenced to four and three years in prison, respectively.
The reference filed in 2001 alleged that Ali Nawaz Shah and others sold land to government at inflated prices and later claimed the land as their own.
The trio was accused of forging the land revenue department record for the purpose.