Accountability court restores 22 NAB references

RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Accountability Court has restored 22 National Accountability Bureau (NAB) references, which will be heard on Monday (September 25), in compliance with the Supreme Court’s order declaring the NAB amendments null and void.

The accused of all the references have been summoned to the court after issuing notices. The NAB prosecutor said that the accused who finished the case from jail will be sent to Adiala jail again. Accused of eight cases will be charged. All Mudaraba, fake housing references and corruption cases were restored.

Accountability Court Judge Raja Qamar Zaman accepted the request to reopen the references. Summoning notices to the accused in all 22 references are being delivered to the respective police stations today.

The court ordered that the summon notices should also be issued today. The court has also called for additional police force on the occasion of the hearing of 22 references reopened on Monday. – INP