Pakistan Courts Acquits Former PM Raja Pervez Ashraf in Corruption Case
An anti-corruption court docket right here on Thursday acquitted former Pakistan top minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and 9 others in a corruption case.
Ashraf, at the side of former finance minister Shaukat Tareen and 8 others, was once accused of inflicting losses of billions of rupees when their efforts to handle the ability scarcity within the nation thru condo energy tasks failed.
Pass judgement on Muhhamad Bashir of Islamabad-based duty court docket issued the decision within the Sahiwal Apartment Energy case in line with the acquittal plea submitted by way of the previous premier in addition to the opposite accused.
Ashraf was once accused of receiving kickbacks and commissions for awarding contracts to 9 condo energy task companies in 2008 when he was once minister for water and tool.
Pakistan was once within the grip of an electrical energy disaster then and the Pakistan Peoples Celebration led by way of former top minister Yusuf Raza Gilani got here up with a plan to arrange condo energy crops on a quick observe foundation.
Ashraf allegedly misused his authority to acquire approval from the Financial Coordination Committee (ECC) and the Cupboard for an building up within the down fee to the condo energy corporations from 7 according to cent to 14 according to cent, amounting to about Rs 22 billion.
Lots of the corporations didn’t execute the tasks.
Ashraf served as top minister between June 22, 2012 and March 25, 2013 after Gilani was once disqualified by way of the Best Court docket.
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