ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted interim bail to Syed Qaim Ali Shah, former chief minister Sindh, in fake bank accounts scam. 

A division bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Babar Sattar conducted hearing of the bail before arrest petition and granted interim bail to Qaim Ali Shah till June 8 against surety bonds worth of Rs200,000. 

The counsel pleaded to the court to declare NAB notices as unlawful and also requested the court to grant bail before arrest to the former Sindh chief minister till the final court decision. 

He said that the petitioner has strong apprehension of undue arrest, humiliation and torture at the hand of the respondents, its officials/ subordinate and as such he deserves and accordingly craves for the grant of pre-arrest bail to him.