ISLAMABAD: An accountability court (AC) in the federal capital on Wednesday summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari and others in Thatta Water Supply project.
Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir heard the case and issued notices to the former president and others to appear before the Islamabad bureau on December 18.
In January, an accountability court in the federal capital sent back a corruption reference against former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after amendment to the national Accountability Law.
Accountability court Judge Rana Nasir Javed had announced the verdict reserved after hearing arguments from both sides. The judge said the corruption reference did not fall under the jurisdiction of the accountability court after amendments to the NAB laws.
It is pertinent to note here that the anti-graft body nominated Zardari, Ejaz Ahmed Khan, and 12 other suspects in the supplementary filed in connection with Thatta water supply scam. The bureau had not nominated Zardari in the interim reference and Ashfaq Leghari and Incharge Naudero House Nadeem Bhutto in the interim reference.
