ISLAMABAD: An accountability court (AC) on Wednesday once again deferred the announcement of its reserved verdict on acquittal plea filed by former law minister Dr Babar Awan in Nandipur Power Project reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). “I will announce my verdict on the Awan’s acquittal plea on next hearing [May 31]”, the AC Judge Arshad Malik remarked. It may be recalled that the NAB court earlier, had reserved the verdict in the case thrice but deferred the announcement of its reserved verdict on acquittal plea filed by former law minister Dr Babar Awan. The National Accountability Bureau in the reference, contended that the Nandipur Power Project project had faced a delay of two years, one month and 15 days, resulting in a loss of Rs 27.3 billion to the national exchequer. The Nandipur Power Project was approved by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) in December 2007 at a cost of 329 million dollars.

Source: Pakistan Today May 22, 2019 07:56 UTC