ISLAMABAD: The accountability court on Monday reserved verdict on the pleas seeking acquittal of former deputy chairman Senate Saleem Mandviwalla and ex managing director Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Aijaz Haroon in corruption reference.
Mr Mandviwalla, Haroon and Omni Group’s director Abdul Ghani Majeed were seeking acquittal under section 265-K of the criminal procedure code (CrPC) saying that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) could not file reference against him over private transactions.
Earlier, NAB in its reply submitted to the accountability court requested the court to reject the acquittal petitions.
NAB accused them in illegal allotment of plots of Overseas Cooperative Housing Society Limited (OCHSL) (Kidney Hill) case.
Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla appeared before the accountability court of Islamabad on Thursday in connection with a plot allotment reference filed by NAB. DawnNewsTV
ISLAMABAD: Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla appeared before the accountability court of Islamabad on Thursday in connection with a plot allotment reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against him.
Accountability judge Mohammad Bashir asked the prosecution of NAB to distribute copies of the reference among the accused persons and adjourned proceeding till Feb 18.
Talking to the media, Mr Mandviwalla said the reference against him was based on a private transaction between two private parties. He said none of the party was a complainant but NAB filed the reference.
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