According to the reports of Baaghi TV, the Tosha Khana reference case was heard in the accountability court in Islamabad.
Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appeared in the court, Accountability Court Judge Syed Asghar Ali is hearing the case, Asif Ali Zardari, Yousuf Raza Gilani, Abdul Ghani Majeed are present in the court, Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not appear in the accountability court.
Judge Asghar Ali said that first they will separate the case of Nawaz Sharif and then they will charge others.
Former President Asif Ali Zardari has been indicted in the Tosha Khana reference case. The court inquired whether the accused were denying the health offense. Sanitation lawyer says PM has power to approve summary, former president Asif Ali Zardari denies wrongdoing in court.
Lawyer Safai said that NAB made wrong reference by using its powers illegally. The court said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is declared a public figure. The court declared former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a public figure.
During the hearing, former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani came to the rostrum in the court. Yousuf Raza Gilani said that he had never done anything against the rules. According to the law, he accepted the summary. If the summary was wrong, he would not have moved. “We are not talking about the merits of the case, how the summary came and was approved. You have to tell the court during the trial,” Gilani said, referring to the NAB’s Rules of Business.
The court sought details of Nawaz Sharif’s movable and immovable property. The court ordered that the property be frozen on Nawaz Sharif’s non-appearance. Details of Nawaz Sharif’s property should be submitted within 7 days. Accountability court in Islamabad. Tosha Khana reference case hearing adjourned till September 24th.
According to NAB, Asif Zardari also received vehicles as gifts from President, Libya and UAE. Asif Zardari used the vehicles himself instead of depositing them in the treasury.
The court was quoted by the NAB as saying that Nawaz Sharif was not in any government post in 2008. Despite this, Nawaz Sharif was provided a government vehicle from the treasury without any request.
It should be noted that in January this year, the Executive Board meeting chaired by Chairman NAB Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal approved the corruption reference against former President Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani.
Nawaz Sharif and Yousuf Raza Gilani have been questioned about the vehicles of the accused.
It is to be noted that NAB is investigating the personal use of gifts in the Tosha Khana case. In this regard, NAB had also investigated Nawaz Sharif in jail and had sought permission from the court for the same.
Investigating officer Raheel Azam, deputy director NAB, had asked the court to allow Nawaz Sharif to be interrogated as an accused. The car was gifted to the Prime Minister of Pakistan by Saudi Arabia in 1997. Be allowed .NAB had interrogated Nawaz Sharif in jail.
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