The former prime minister Raja and former law minister refused to confess the crime while the Accountability Court has decided to launch a trial against the accused.
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 11th March, 2019) Former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and former law minister Babar Awan have been indicted in Nandipur Power Project case.
A hearing on the delay in the construction of Nandipur Power Project was held in an Accountability Court in Islamabad on Monday.
The Accountability Court indicted seven accused in the case, including Raja Pervez Ashraf and Babar Awan.
Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik announced the indictment.
The former prime minister Raja and former law minister refused to confess the crime while the Accountability Court has decided to launch a trial against the accused.
The court will summon witnesses against the accused.
The accused allegedly caused a loss of Rs 27 crore to the national kitty due to delay in Nandipur Power Project.
Babar Awan, who served as the Federal minister for law and justice in the cabinet of former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, said that the project was delayed by the two former law ministers who came before him. If they aren't criminals, then I am not either.
The NAB prosecutor, on the other hand, said that Awan has not been faithful to the country. If he is acquitted, then other people named in the case will be too, he said.
On September 4, 2018 Awan resigned as Prime Minister Imran Khan's adviser on parliamentary affairs after NAB filed a corruption reference against him and the PPP's former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf.
