An accountability court on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrant forthe former chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) FarzanaRaja over her continuous absence.
According to details, during a hearing of a reference against BISP in anaccountability court, no-bailable arrest warrants were issued againstFarzana Raja, besides also being declared proclaimed offender after hercontinuous absence from the court hearings.
“Farzana Raja’s NIC should be blocked and her name be placed on the ECL,”Judge Asghar Ali directed besides also ordering to separate her matter fromthe case hearing and set a new date for her indictment.
The court also summoned the NAB prosecutor during the next hearing set onJune 14 after the counsel of the co-accused in the case argued thatindictment could not be made on interim reference.
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National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi bureau had filed areference against former chairperson BISP Farzana Raja and others accusedof alleged corruption in Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) in Marchlast year.
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