An accountability court on Saturday acquitted all accused, including former chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) Moeen Aftab Sheikh, in a reference against alleged corruption in the canteen contract. The persons nominated in the canteen contract’s corruption reference were acquitted by an accountability court in Karachi. Moreover, the accountability court had also acquitted three accused, including Moeen Aftab Sheikh, over lack of evidence in a corruption reference worth Rs900 million in January last year. PSM ex-chairman Moeen Aftab, director of commercial Sameen Asghar and contractor Abdul Rasheed were nominated in the reference. It is pertinent to mention that NAB had filed nine corruption references against Moeen Aftab Sheikh.

Source: Pakistan Today February 27, 2021 16:07 UTC