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NAB granted time to file supplementary reference in Sindh Bank case

ISLAMABAD (APP): An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday granted time to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file supplementary reference in Sindh Bank case against Bilal Shiekh and others.

AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the Sindh Bank reference filed by NAB. NAB prosecutor Usman Mirza appeared before the court.

The court also accepted the one-day exemption from hearing plea of Bilal Sheikh.  The NAB prosecutor requested the court to grant more time for submission of supplementary reference.

He said that Omni Group’s Abdul Ghani Majeed had sent the loan amount worth one billion rupees of three banks to a person Nasir Lotha abroad. Then the same amount was sent back to Pakistan by the same man.

The accused and witnesses were from abroad in supplementary reference, the prosecutor said, adding that the whole procedure required one month time.

The court accepted the request and adjourned the case till February 10.

Meanwhile, the same court adjourned hearing on mega money laundering and park lane references till January 27. The court also granted one-day exemption from hearing to former president Asif Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in the case.

The court also continued recording the statement of witness Ahsan Aslam in mega money laundering case. However. the court also adjourned Park Lane reference till January 27, due to the absence of Zardari’s lawyer Farouk H. Naek.

The Frontier Post

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