Illegal recruitments case: NAB court acquits Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
By Newsdesk
February 04, 2020
LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday acquitted former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and others in a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) reference pertaining to alleged illegal recruitments to Gujranwala Electric Power Company (Gepco).Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry accepted the request for dismissal of the case, which was filed recently after the government introduced amendments to the NAB Ordinance.The NAB had filed a reference against the former prime minister in 2016. According to NAB prosecutor, individuals who had not even applied for the vacancies were given jobs, merit was ignored and appointments were made on political basis.
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