An Accountability Court (AC) on Friday granted time to Nat
ional Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit comments in acquittal
pleas of ex-prime ministers Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani in chairman Ogra Toqeer Sadiq appointment reference. AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir
heard the reference lodged by NAB against the two ex-prime ministers of PPP. At the outset of hearing, the NAB requested the judge to grant more time for submission of comments on acquittal
pleas of the accused. The court asked the bureau to submit the comments till N
ovember 26. Former secretary Sikandar Hayat Mekan, ex-ED Ogra Javed Nazir and Shaukat Hayat Durrani had also filed the acquittal
plea.The accused were named in reference alleging them to appoint Toqeer Sadiq against law and merit.
