ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court has sent the reference of corruption of 462 billion rupees against Dr. Asim Hussain and others to the Anti-Corruption Establishment.
The Karachi Accountability Court, while giving its verdict on the request to send the reference back to the Chairman National Accountability Bureau(NAB), said that the Chairman NAB should send the reference to the Anti-Corruption Establishment through DG NAB Karachi.
The court sent the reference of 462 billion rupees in corruption against five accused back to Chairman NAB.
The court said that unless the accused approaches the concerned court for bail, they will remain on bail, if the accused does not appear despite the notice of the concerned court or investigating officer, the bail amount should be confiscated.
The court also ended the process of declaring Masood Jafri, the fugitive accused of the reference, as a proclaimed offender.
The court said that the two persons who misused the trust land against Dr. Asim were not made witnesses, and misuse of power and financial benefits against Dr. Asim and others are not mentioned in the reference.
The lawyer of the accused said in the court that after the amendment of the NAB Ordinance, the court does not have the authority to hear the reference.
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It should be noted that the reference against the accused has been under hearing for 8 years, the filed reference was in the final stages, and all the accused including Dr. Asim named in the reference were on bail.
