The orders were given during a hearing of the provincial assembly speaker's plea seeking bail in an assets beyond means case.
A three-member bench, headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial, was hearing the plea.
During the hearing, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah observed that the Sindh High Court rejected Durrani's bail plea on the basis of merit.
"Supreme Court cannot conduct a hearing on this plea without the high court's verdict," he remarked.
"You must have been in the jail if SHC had rejected your bail plea," Justice Sajjad Ali Shah said while addressing Durrani.
"Why should the court offer you leniency when you didn't surrender to the police?" he asked.
The apex court ordered Durrani to turn himself in, saying: "First comply with the SHC's order and surrender before NAB and then [the court] will conduct a hearing on this case next week."
Meanwhile, the SC also rejected Durrani's request to restrict NAB officials from arresting him from the courtroom.
"We have turned ourselves in before you [apex court]," Naqvi said.
At this, Justice Bandial directed Durrani to first surrender before NAB. "We had given you concession earlier as well. There is a high court's order against you."
"We will not interfere in NAB’s matter,” the judge stated.
The court later adjourned the case till next week.
Earlier, the apex court had nullified the SHC's orders pertaining to his release on bail in the case.
Durrani and 18 others accused have been indicted in the case by an accountability court in Karachi.
source https://www.suchtv.pk/pakistan/general/item/109904-agha-siraj-durrani-to-surrendered-before-nab.html
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