Islamabad: An accountability court adjourned the hearing against former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in the Accountability Court (AC)-1Islamabad for his involvement in multi-billion scam of Rental Power Projects (RPPs) till December 2 .
Raja Pervez Ashraf appeared before the court today where the officials of NAB handed him the copies of reference filed against him.
The decision of filing the reference against former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was taken last week in a first meeting of the NAB Executive Board Meeting. The meeting was chaired by newly-appointed NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry.
In Naudero-II RPPs case, the total number of accused was 10 including former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, former secretary Ministry Water and Power (MoWP) and ex-chairman Pepco Shahid Rafi, ex-additional secretary MoWP Sheikh Zarrar Aslam, ex-MD/CEO Pepco Engineer Tahir Basharat Cheema, ex-directors Pepco Board of Directors (BoD) Malik Muhammad Razi Abbas and Wazir Ali Bhayo, ex-GM Wapda Power Privatisation Organization (WPPO), CEO Central Power Generation Company Ltd (CPGCL), Tariq Nazir, ex-CEO CPGCL Abdul Malik Memon and ex-MD Pepco Rasool Khan Mahsud. The decision of filing the supplementary reference against former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf was taken after he failed to satisfy the investigation team of NAB in his three appearances.
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