DMD, ex-chief among 3 SSGC officials remanded

Karachi
Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Deputy Managing Director Shoaib Warsi, former managing director Zohaib Siddiqui and another employee, Kamran Ahmed, were remanded to the Rangers custody for 90 days, on Friday by an anti-terrorism court (ATC).
According to sources, Warsi was arrested from outside his Civic Centre office and was later shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.
His detention came hours after authorities arrested Dr Asim Hussain, a former petroleum minister and current head of the Higher Education Commission’s Sindh chapter, from a meeting at the HEC’s Karachi office.
Dr Asim is a close friend of former president Asif Ali Zardari and, though his arrest was more high-profile of the two, there were reports that both detentions were linked.
However, a SSGC official came out with a statement soon after Warsi’s arrest which rejected any possibility of the deputy MD’s involvement in Dr Asim’s affairs. The statement reiterated the SSGC’s desire to extend complete cooperation to law enforcers and relayed the management’s surprise over the manner of Warsi’s arrest. Hussain’s 90-day remand was acquired by Rangers on Thursday through an ATC, over corruption charges.