*ISLAMABAD – An accountability court has acquitted former law ministerBabar Awan in the Nandipur reference. *
The verdict, which was reserved on February 11, was announced on Tuesday.
The court has also acquitted Justice (r) Riaz Kiyani in the case, while itdismissed acquittal petitions of three people, including former PM RajaPervaiz Ashraf.
The five people named in the reference were indicted by the court fordelaying the project which caused a loss of Rs27 billion to the nationalexchequer.
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Awan, who served as the federal minister for law and justice in the cabinetof former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, said that two summaries weresubmitted to the law ministry for the project but he wasn’t the lawminister then. He said that his name is not mentioned anywhere in thereference filed by NAB.
On September 4, 2018 Awan resigned as Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviseron parliamentary affairs after NAB filed a corruption reference against himand the PPP’s former prime minister Ashraf.
