The Sindh High Court (SHC) Circuit Bench Sukkur on Wednesday rejected the bail pleas of PPP senior leader Khursheed Shah and his son MPA Farrukh Shah in an assets-beyond-means reference.

However, a two-member bench granted bail to 18 others who are nominated as accomplices by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). Earlier, the SHC had reserved its judgment on the matter last week.

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Khursheed and others are facing trial after the Bureau filed a reference, accusing him of amassing assets worth Rs1.23 billion.

The NAB had arrested Khursheed last year on September 18 for investigating the assets beyond means case and later filed a corruption reference.

The PPP leader was being treated at the NICVD in Sukkur due to cardiac complaint for the past seven months.

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