Times of Islamabad

AC accepts plea bargain offer of Ramzan Shaikh

AC accepts plea bargain offer of Ramzan Shaikh

PESHAWAR: The Accountability Court (AC) here approved the Plea Bargain application of accused Muhammad Ramzan Shaikh of Ideal Hydro Tech System Pakistan in clean drinking water project.

A spokesman for NAB said the accused was presented before the Accountability Court for the approval of the Plea Bargain.

The accused had submitted application for Plea Bargain to Chairman NAB and agreed to return the embezzled amount through Plea Bargain.

The application was recommended by Chairman NAB to the accountability court Peshawar.

The NAB had conducted investigations in embezzlement in clean drinking water for all project and arrested accused Muhammad Ramzan Sheikh Ideal Hydro Tech System Pakistan.

Director General NAB, KP Farman Ullah Khan pledged the bureau was following the zero-tolerance policy to eliminate corruption from the country.

He said NAB would continue its endeavors to eradicate corruption by adopting “Accountability for All” policy against the corrupt and would bring them to justice as per law by using all its resources within the stipulated time frame from complaints to filing of corruption references in the respective accountability courts.

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