INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) Tuesday acquitted two accused including former law minister Babar Awan and retired Justice Riaz
Kiyani in Nandipur Power Project reference.The court, however, dismissed the acquittal pleas of three accused including former prime
minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Shumaila Mehmood and Riaz Mehmood.Accountability Court-II Judge Arshad Malik announced the judgment on
acquittal pleas filed by five accused.A total of seven accused had been nominated by NAB in reference.However, the accused persons except
Shahdi Rafi and Masood Chishti had filed acquittal pleas to the trial court.The decision on Babar Awan plea was reserved on April 26.The NAB
had stated in reference that the national exchequer had faced a loss of Rs27 billion due to delay in execution of Nandipur Project.The
accused had committed dishonesty in their responsibilities, it stated.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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