Daily Times
July 9, 2021
An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday fixed September 2, a date to indict an accused in a reference pertaining to Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) against former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and others.
AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The NAB had also named former federal minister for power and water Liaquat Jatoi, former secretary Ismail Qureshi, Additional Secretary Yousaf Memon and ex-secretary AEDB) Dr Naseem A Khan in the graft reference. The court postponed the indictment of the accused due to incomplete attendance of the accused this day and directed them to ensure their attendance on the next date of hearing. The reference was filed in connection with the alleged illegal appointment of Basharat Hasan Bashir as a consultant for one of the country’s top alternative energy boards on a Management Position-II (MP-II) scale salary package.
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Indictment of ex-PM Aziz deferred in illegal appointments case Daily Times(PK)
An accountability court on Tuesday deferred the indictment of former prime minister Shaukat Aziz in a case related to illegal appointments until January 19.
The indictment was deferred as the co-accused Basharat Hasan did not show up before the court citing suffering from coronavirus. Later, the court adjourned the hearing of the case until January 19 for the indictment.
It is pertinent to mention here that Shaukat Aziz had not been appearing before the court for long in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and was declared a proclaimed offender.