Pakistan
Ashiana Iqbal Reference: All accused including Shehbaz Sharif acquitted
The Ashiana Iqbal case was filed against Shehbaz Sharif and other accused in 2018 in which bureaucrats were also named.
Lahore: The Accountability Court Lahore Saturday acquitted all the 10 accused including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif in the Ashiana Iqbal reference.
According to the details, Judge Malik Ali Zulqarnain of Lahore Accountability Court acquitted former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and 10 other accused in the Ashiana Iqbal case.
The Ashiana Iqbal case was filed against Shehbaz Sharif and other accused in 2018 in which bureaucrats were also named.
Apart from Shehbaz Sharif, all the accused who were acquitted by the court in this reference include Fawad Hasan Fawad, Ahad Cheema, Shahid Shafiq, Bilal Qadwai, Imtiaz Haider, Israr Saeed and Arif Butt.
Moreover, the court has already acquitted the two main accused Nadeem Zia and Kamran Kayani from the reference.
It is pertinent to note that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had stated that 16,000 poor citizen had invested Rs610 million in the company. However, due to incompetence of the companies, government had to bear huge lose. The court had indicted 10 accused in the reference.
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