Court acquits Sharjeel Memon in liquor case

KARACHI: After eight years, a judicial magistrate on Tuesday acquitted Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon and five others in a case pertaining to the recovery of liquor from his Dr Ziauddin Hospital room. The then chief justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar, had raided the room and allegedly found the liquor. Later, a case was registered at the Boat Basin police station under Section 4 (owning or possessing intoxicant) of the Prevention (enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance 1979 read with Section 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen…