Accountability Courts of Pakistan

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Lahore accountability court acquits former PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in Gepco case

February 03, 2020

Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry accepted the request for the dismissal of the case which had been filed recently after the government introduced amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Ordinance. – File Photo
An accountability court in Lahore on Monday acquitted former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and seven others in a case related to illegal recruitments in the Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco).

Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry accepted the request for the dismissal of the case which had been filed recently after the government introduced amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Ordinance.

NAB had filed a reference against the former PM in 2016 for recruiting 437 people illegally to Gepco. According to the NAB prosecutor, individuals who had not even applied were given jobs, merit was ignored and appointments had been made on a political basis. The recruitments had also violated the policy of written examinations and domicile, NAB alleged.

The reference had nominated, along with Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, former managing director of Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) Tahir Basharat Cheema, former secretary for ministry of water and power Shahid Rafi, former director Board of Governors Pepco Mohammad Saleem Arif, Malik Mohammad Razi Abbas, and Wazir Ali Bhayo, former Pepco chief Mohammad Ibrahim Majoka and former director HR Hashmat Ali Kazmi.

Talking to the media outside the court, Ashraf said he was happy that his request for dismissal of the case had been approved. He said the PPP had always respected courts, adding that the party “fights its cases in courts and not against them”.

 

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NAB declares Hassan, Hussain Nawaz as offenders in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case

https://nation.com.pk/NewsSource/web-desk
February 08, 2020

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday decided to declare former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s sons, Hassan and Hussain as proclaimed offenders in Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

According to an anti-corruption spokesperson, the NAB will soon file an appeal in accountability court against Hassan and Hussain Nawaz to declare them responsible. Both sons of Nawaz Sharif remained shareholders in Chaudhry Sugar Mills and didn’t appear before the NAB team for investigation.

Ex-premier Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz are out on bail in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case.

The Sharif family has been accused of using CSM for money-laundering and illegal transfer of its shares.

 

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Lahore court directs NAB to facilitate Jang Group owner's meeting with family as per law
Rana Bilal
March 14, 2020

Mir Shakilur Rehman was arrested by the anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday when he appeared before NAB in a 34-year-old case. — DawnNewsTV
An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to facilitate the meetings of Jang Group editor-in-chief Mir Shakilur Rehman with his family members according to the law.

Rehman was arrested by the anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday when he appeared before NAB in a 34-year-old case relating to a 54-kanal land allegedly allotted to him in 1986 by then-Punjab chief minister Nawaz Sharif.

The court had on Friday granted NAB 12-day physical remand of Rehman.

on Saturday, Rehman's son Mir Ibrahim Rahman, mother Mrs Khalilur Rehman and wife Shaheena Shakeel filed an application in the court, seeking permission to visit the media mogul on a daily basis.

The application stated that Rehman is "an old and sick person, who needs medicines and other ancillaries for the safety of his health on daily basis". Due to his poor health, the visits by his family on a daily basis are necessary to ensure the provision of medicines, food and other items, it added.

"If the above-said facilities are not allowed to be provided on [a] daily basis to [Rehman] then his health may deteriorate day by day which cannot be tolerable for him. There is [a] serious health risk due to the various ailments," the plea said.

It further added that if the application for Rehman's family members to visit him on a daily basis is not granted, then he "may suffer irreparable loss of his health and life".

Accepting the request, Judge Ameer Muhammad Khan directed the NAB investigation officer to "proceed in accordance with law and SOP on the subject and facilitate the interaction of family members".

On Thursday, Rehman had appeared before a combined investigation team of NAB at its Lahore headquarters at Thokar Niaz Beg and answered its queries for more than two hours.

“As Rehman could not satisfy the NAB team regarding its queries, an arrest warrant was served on him and he was detained in the bureau’s lockup,” an official source had told Dawn.



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Court issues arrest warrant against Nawaz Sharif in Toshakhana case

The Frontier Post
May 29, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Accountability court on Friday has issued arrest warrant against ex-Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif and directed former President Asif Ali Zardari to appear on June 11 in Toshakhana reference.

According to details, ex-PM Yousaf Raza Gillani appeared before the court while Nawaz Sharif, who is currently in London for medical treatment, and Asif Zardari have skipped the hearing.

During the proceedings, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor has requested the court to issue arrest warrants against Nawaz Sharif, Asif Ali Zardari, Yousaf Raza Gillani and Omni Group Director Abdul Ghani Majeed.

Previously, NAB prosecutor said that Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif got cars from Yousaf Raza Gillani through illegal way.

Zardari had only paid 15 percent cost of the cars by using his fake accounts, however, Libya and United Arab Emirates (UAE) also gifted him cars when he was serving as president, he told.

NAB official alleged that Asif Ali Zardari used these cars for his personal work instead of submitting them to Toshakhana.

Nawaz Sharif got car without any application in 2008 when he was not holding any public office, the anti-corruption watchdog’s representative stated.

 

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Court summons Shehbaz, Hamza on June 11 for indictment in Ramzan mills case

The Frontier Post
June 5, 2020


LAHORE: Accountability court on Friday has summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz for indictment in Ramzan Sugar Mills case on June 11.

According to details, judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry heard the case.

On April 9, 2019, the court had indicted Hamza and his father Shehbaz Sharif in the same case.

However, both accused had denied the charges against them, and maintained that they had saved Rs2300 billion, assuring that the money was not misused.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor had submitted complete details of assets of PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif’s family members in the court with an argument that their assets were beyond their known sources of income.

“Billions of rupees were added to the assets of Shehbaz’s family, whereas Hamza couldn’t provide details of the sources of his income,” he added.

 

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Ramzan Sugar Mills case: Court summons PML-N’s Shehbaz Sharif, Hamza Shehbaz on June 11

The Frontier Post
June 6, 2020


LAHORE: An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday summoned former chief minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in Ramzan Sugar Mills case on June 11.

The court has summoned the father and son duo by issuing a three-page written order.

The accountability court in its order observed that the indictment in the case has been in pending for a long time due to absence of the accused.

The court order said that Hamza Shehbaz, Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, could not be produced in the case hearing due to precautionary measures today.

The court ordered the Superintendent Jail and the SSP Headquarters to produce Hamza Shahbaz in the Ramzan Sugar Mills case next hearing on June 11 at any cost.

“In case of non-compliance of the court order, concerned officials have to face legal action,” the court warned.

The court also directed, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Shehbaz Sharif, to appear in person for indictment in the next hearing of the case on June 11.

The NAB has filed a reference accusing former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif, his son Hamza Shahbaz and others for causing losses to the national exchequer and misusing authority by sanctioning construction of a bridge to facilitate the sugar mills.

NAB officials say Shahbaz Sharif, being chief minister of Punjab, misused his authority by issuing directives for the construction of a 10-kilometer-long drain in Chiniot primarily to benefit the sugar mill owned by his sons. Shahbaz and Hamza have been accused of fraudulently causing a Rs 213 million loss to the national exchequer.

 

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Accountability court fixes hearing of cases against former PMs, president Thursday

The Frontier Post
June 10, 2020


ISLAMABAD: The accountability court in Islamabad has fixed the hearing of cases against three former prime minister and president on Thursday (tomorrow).

The accountability court summoned former premier and Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz’s (PML-N) senior vice president, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) case.

It is noteworthy to mention here that the former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail, ex-PSO MD Imranul Haq and others are facing charges of corruption over awarding a LNG import contract allegedly at exorbitant rates in 2015, which caused a big loss to the national exchequer.

According to the anti-corruption watchdog, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in 2013, had awarded a LNG import and distribution contract to the Elengy Terminal in violation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and relevant laws.

Former prime ministers including PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior politician Yousaf Raza Gillani have been summoned in the hearing of Toshakhana case.

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has also summoned former president and PPP vice president Asif Ali Zardari in Toshakhana case tomorrow.

The NAB had filed a reference with the accountability court against the former heads of the state for not depositing luxury vehicles and valuable gifts received from the foreign leaders in the treasury.

NAB sources said that former president Asif Ali Zardari had only paid 15 per cent of the total cost of the vehicles received as gifts through fake accounts.

Zardari had received expensive cars as a gift from Libya and the UAE as president but did not deposit it in the Tosha Khana, the sources added.

Nawaz Sharif and Yousaf Raza Gillani had also received cars as a gift from different foreign leaders as prime ministers and used it themselves instead of depositing them in the treasury.

Owners of Omni Group, Khawaja Anwar Majeed and Khawaja Abdul Ghani Majeed were also nominated as accused in the reference.

 

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Toshakhana reference: Court issues non-bailable arrest warrant for Nawaz Sharif

An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Toshakhana reference, reported Geo News.

Nawaz, former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and former president Asif Ali Zardari were summoned to attend a hearing related to the Toshakhana reference today.

During the hearing, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Prosecutor Muzaffar Abbasi appealed to the court to issue a non-bailable arrest warrant for Nawaz, saying that since he was abroad, advertisements against the PML-N chief can be published in foreign newspapers.

The prosecutor further informed the court that another co-accused in the case, Anwar Majeed, was incarcerated in Karachi's Malir jail for his alleged involvement in other references.

The hearing today was attended by Gilani and suspect Abdul Majid Ghani, while Zardari's application exempting him from appearing before the court today was accepted.

The court, while exempting Zardari from attending proceedings today, ordered that another notice for appearance be sent to the former president.

According to NAB, Zardari and Nawaz received cars from former prime minister Gilani illegally.

Zardari had paid only 15% of the total cost of the cars through fake accounts, according to NAB. He also received the cars as a gift from Libya and the UAE when he was president and used them for his personal use instead of depositing them in the treasury, alleged NAB.

The anti-graft body further alleged that Abdul Ghani Majeed paid for the vehicles through fake accounts whereas Anwar Majeed made more than Rs20 million through illegal transactions using the Ansari Sugar Mills accounts.

According to reports, Nawaz was not holding any public office in 2008 but was given a vehicle without any justification. NAB says the leaders have been charged with corruption under sub-sections 2, 4, 7 and 12 of Section 9 (A) of the NAB Ordinance.

The Toshakhana (gift depository) gift from any country to the head of the state remains the property of the government unless sold at an open auction. Rules allow officials to retain gifts with a market value of less than Rs10,000 without paying anything.

 

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Islamabad court issues arrest warrants for Zardari in Toshakhana case
Tahir Naseer
June 30, 2020

Former president Asif Ali Zardari is accused of receiving luxury vehicles and gifts from Toshakhana. — Online/File

An Islamabad accountability court on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for former president and PPP co-chair Asif Ali Zardari in a case that accused him and former premiers Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani of receiving luxury vehicles and gifts from the Toshakhana.

The court also directed authorities to initiate the procedure to declare Sharif — whose arrest warrants were issued in an earlier hearing — as a proclaimed offender in the case, saying that the former prime minister was not taking part in court proceedings "on purpose".

During the proceedings, Zardari's lawyer Farooq Naek told the court his client had not appeared for the hearing because the former president is "of advanced age" and personally appearing could exposed him to the novel coronavirus. The judge remarked that Zardari would have to appear as it was a criminal case and denied his request for exemption.

Zardari's counsel further argued that issuing arrest warrants would have been appropriate if the former president had no representation in court. Naek said he had appeared on behalf of the PPP co-chairperson, assuring the court that Zardari would appear in a later hearing.

Naek also added that if Zardari appears in person, his supporters will gather at the court which will result in a crowd, putting others at the risk of contracting coronavirus.

The legal representative of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Sardar Muzaffar, said it was the administration's job to control a crowd. He pleaded that the court "should not extend any leniency and issue non-bailable arrest warrants".

Muzaffar also pointed out that Gilani had been exempted from court appearances and no one had appeared on his behalf. Gilani's exemption, he argued, should also be withdrawn.

Naek, while addressing the absence of Gilani, said the former prime minister had contracted Covid-19 and had gone into isolation. "Even I had isolated myself because I had come into contact with Gilani," Naek said, and offered to give a statement under oath on Gilani's behalf.

Accountability judge Asghar Ali adjourned the hearing until August 17.

Toshakhana reference
According to the NAB reference, filed in March this year, Gilani had been accused of illegally allotting cars to PPP co-chairman Zardari and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif.

Khawaja Anwar Majeed and Khawaja Abdul Ghani Majeed, owners of the Omni Group, were also nominated as accused in the reference.

The reference states that Zardari and Sharif obtained cars from Toshakhana by paying 15 per cent of the price of the cars. The bureau further alleged that Gilani facilitated Zardari and Nawaz in this regard. He dishonestly and illegally relaxed the procedure for the acceptance and disposal of gifts, issued by the government of Pakistan vide Cabinet Division’s Memorandum No.9/8/2004-TK dated June 25, 2007, which expressly stipulates that vehicles shall not be allowed to be purchased by the recipients and be given to the central pool of care of the Cabinet Division.

Reference further states that Zardari accepted and received the armoured vehicles as gift from the United Arab Emirates (BMW750 Li model 2005, Lexus Jeep model 2007) and from Libya (BMW 760 Li model 2008) in September-October 2008. It was obligated to immediately report and deposit the vehicles with Toshakhana of Cabinet Division but he neither reported the gifted vehicles nor despoiled the same.

The NAB reference alleges that Sharif did not hold any public office in 2008. However, from April to December 2008, without giving any application or request to then prime minister Gilani, dishonestly and illegally obtained relaxation for his benefits of the procedure for the vide Cabinet Division’s above said Memorandum which expressly stipulate that vehicles shall not be allowed to be purchased by the recipients and be given to the Central Pool of cars of the Cabinet Division.

“Nawaz Sharif knowingly and with dishonest intention obtained illegal favour in connivance with the then prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani by obtaining the relaxation of said procedure for the acceptance and disposal of gifts,” reference states.

 

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Park Lane case: Court decides to indict Asif Ali Zardari on July 6

The Frontier Post
July 4, 2020


ISLAMABAD: Accountability court has decided to indict former president Asif Ali Zardari in Park Lane case on July 06.

The court has decided to frame charges against Co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) via the video link at hospital or his residence in case of his ill health.

Registrar of the accountability court has wrote a letter to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Karachi for finalization of arrangements for Zardari’s indictment.

The court has directed NAB Karachi to ensure presence of the PPP leader on the video link at his home or hospital in case of his ill health.

The court has also directed NAB to ensure presence of other accused along with Zardari and take all necessary steps for their indictment.

The court in its letter said that the NAB Karachi should made arrangements for indictment of Anwar Majeed, Farooq Abdullah and other accused.

The court also directed NAB Karachi to nominate its representatives for identification of the accused adding that charges will be framed against all accused on July 06 at 9:30 in the morning.

In an earlier hearing the court had deferred indictment of Asif Ali Zardari in Park Lane case.

Zardari’s counsel had submitted an application seeking exemption of his client from the court appearance due to ailment and the Covid-19 situation in the country.

The court had accepted exemption pleas of Asif Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur in money laundering and Park Lane case and postponed the proceedings till July 17.

Park Lane case

Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused face charges of corruption through fake bank accounts and embezzlement in the financial facility for Park Lane Private Limited and Parthenon (Pvt) Limited.

According to anti-graft watchdog, Asif Ali Zardari was allegedly running a fake front company by the name of Parathon as a shareholder in Park Lane properties.

A loan worth Rs 1.5 billion was taken from a bank and transferred to the company’s account in a private bank.

 

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Zardari to be indicted in another case on Aug 4

Lawyer seeks dismissal of Park Lane reference against PPP co-chairman

July 15, 2020

It pertains to the alleged illegal awarding of contracts to private contractors for the water scheme.


ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday decided to indict PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari in the Thatta water supply reference on August 4.

The reference is part of the fake accounts and money laundering case filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the PPP leader.

It pertains to the alleged illegal awarding of contracts to private contractors for the water scheme.

Earlier, Zardari’s lawyer Farooq H Naek sought the dismissal of the Park Lane reference against his client.

He argued that the case was related to two companies including Parthenon Pvt and Park Lane according to NAB documents.

The Park Lane property was mortgaged against the loan taken by Parthenon, he added.

A private bank, he added, had filed a case for recovery of the loan over non-payment.

Naek pleaded that NAB had filed a supplementary reference against Zardari on November 12, 2019. He said the default was committed by Parthenon and not by his client.

He said the registrar of any company would be responsible of default in accordance with the Company Ordinance, 1984.

Zardari's lawyer further said there was no banking complaint in the case. He contended that NAB was not authorised to move a reference for defaulting bank loans and the matter fell under the jurisdiction of the State Bank.

He said the no one had been named as accused from the banks in the NAB reference.

The NAB, he said, had accused Zardari of influencing the bank as the president of Pakistan.

“Zardari was not the director of the Park Lane company in accordance with NAB's own documents when the loan was taken,” he said.

He further argued that the NAB law did not apply in the case.

NAB prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi said the whole management of Parthenon belonged to Park Lane, adding that the company did not even have its own office address.

He added that the company had not carried out any work except taking loans, and the money was detected in fake accounts.

“This was a white collar crime,” he added.

Naek said Zardari had resigned from Park Lane as its director in 2009 before taking the oath of the president’s office.

“My client was not a director of Park Lane when Parthenon took the loan.”

 

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NAB files supplementary reference against Abbasi in LNG case


‘National exchequer suffered losses worth Rs21b due to award of contract’

Zaigham Naqvi
August 06, 2020

NAB filed a supplementary reference against 15 accused including former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a LNG import case.


ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday filed a supplementary reference against 15 accused including former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a case related to the award of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import contract.

The reference filed in the registrar office nominated former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, his son Abdullah Khaqan Abbasi, ex-SSGC board chairman Miftah Ismail, former PSO chairman Sheikh Imranul Haq, former chairman PQA Agha Jan Akhtar, former OGRA chairman Saeed Ahmed Khan, former member OGRA Aamir Naseem, OGRA Chairperson Uzma Adil Khan, former PSO MD Shahid M Islam, Engro Corporation Limited Director Abdul Samad Dawood, SSGCL MD Muhammad Amin, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s airlines MD Chaudhry Aslam and others.

Aslam had been nominated as accused for keeping and transferring the alleged laundered money in the airlines’ accounts.

The NAB adopted the stance in the reference that the airlines’ accounts had been used for kickbacks and laundered money from which the amounts were transferred to Abdullah Khaqan Abbasi and others accounts.

It further said that Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other accused had misused their public offices and authority by “illegally” awarding the LNG contract.

According to the anti-corruption watchdog, the accused had caused a loss of Rs14 billion by awarding the contract to a private company, while the national exchequer suffered total losses worth Rs21 billion, which in the next 10 years would reach Rs47 billion. According to NAB, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and other accused had also been involved in corruption and money laundering.

The reference after being scrutinised in the registrar office of the accountability court will be sent through the administrative judge to the accountability court for hearing.

Meanwhile, the accountability court deferred the hearing of LNG case due to non-availability of the judge. Abbasi and other co-accused appeared before the court and marked their presence.

The hearing of the case was adjourned without any proceedings until September 7 as the judge was on leave.
Abbasi was arrested in connection with the case in July 2019.

He had been accused of awarding a 15-year contract for a terminal against the rules when he was the petroleum minister in former premier Nawaz Sharif’s cabinet. The case was closed by NAB in 2016 but then reopened in 2018.

 

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An accountability court on Thursday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman Shehbaz, in a money laundering reference.

The court has ordered authorities to arrest Suleman and present himself before the court at the next hearing of the reference. The court also asked authorities to submit a report in this regard at the next hearing.

Earlier in June, the National Accountability Bureau said it will contact the National Crime Agency in UK and Interpol to bring back Suleman from London in its ongoing investigation into money laundering charges.

According to a spokesperson of the Bureau, Suleman's non-bailable arrest warrants had been issued on the money laundering charges. “The Lahore High Court has declared Suleman Shehbaz a fugitive in the money laundering case against the Sharif family,” he had said.

In April last year, the PTI leadership and NAB had alleged that Hamza Shehbaz and Suleman, who is currently in London, are involved in laundering money worth Rs85 billion.
https://nation.com.pk/27-Aug-2020/nab-reference-on-illegal-recruitments-in-pia-adjourned
Suleman had rejected the charges as baseless and frivolous allegations by the PTI government and said Prime Minister Imran Khan has questions to answer about his own “unexplained assets worth Rs4 billion".

 

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Verdicts on Zardari’s petitions postponed till Sept 23


The Frontier Post
September 18, 2020


ISLAMABAD (APP): An Accountability Court (AC) on Friday postponed its verdicts till September 23, on petitions of former president Asif Ali Zardari seeking dismissal of supplementary references pertaining to mega money laundering, Thatha Water Supply and Park Lane Company.

Accountability Court (AC) -II Judge Azam Khan on Thursday had reserved its judgment on petitions of former president Asif Ali Zardari after listening arguments from both sides at large.

This day, the court postponed the announcement of its decisions in above matter till September 23.

Meanwhile, Accountability Court-I adjourned hearing of corruption reference against Pakistan People Psrty’s Senator Robina Khalid and others pertaining to corruption in Lok Virsa funds.

The hearing of the case was adjourned till October 19, due to the leave of Accountability Court-I Judge Muhammad Bashir.