Case against Pervez Ashraf adjourned

LAHORE : An accountability court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of an illegal recruitment case against former Premier Raja Pervez Ashraf until December 23.

Previously, the court had indicted Raja Pervez Ashraf in a reference for allegedly recruiting more than 400 employees in Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco) in blatant violation of merit. According to the NAB reference, he, in connivance with other accused, recruited 437 people without taking merit into consideration. Moreover, the accused hired even those who had not applied for jobs in Gepco.