AC issues arrest warrants for ex-secretary

By Obaid Abrar Khan
March 16, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court (AC) Islamabad on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former secretary Farooq Awan in Universal Services Funds graft reference on continuous absence.

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The AC also granted one-day exemption from hearing to former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the graft reference against former PM Gilani, Farooq Awan and others.

The accused Farooq Awan didn’t appear again before the court. At this the judge issued non-bailable arrest warrants for him.The hearing of the case then adjourned till March 30.

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