ISLAMABAD: The accountability court hearing the illegal assets accumulationcase against Senator Ishaq Dar dismissed on Tuesday a plea of theco-accused to quash their impending indictment and ordered the framing ofcharges on March 27.

Judge Mohammad Bashir, who is presiding over the case, had on March 5ordered to indict National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) President Saeed Ahmed,Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Rizvi on March 12.

The three have been accused in the supplementary reference filed by theNational Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the former finance minister,who has been absconding in the case since October last year.

Two of the three accused later petitioned the court against their plannedindictment. Moreover, the NBP president also challenged his nomination asan accused and pleaded the court to dismiss it for lack of evidence.

Hearing the case today, the court dismissed the pleas of the co-accused andruled that they be indicted on March 27.