GEPCO appointments case adjourned

LAHORE: An accountability court on Friday while adjourning hearing of Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO) illegal appointments case till August 30, summoned former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on the next date of hearing. Duty Judge Syed Jawadul Hassan conducted the case proceedings wherein Ashraf’s counsel requested the court to exempt his client from appearance for today as he was ill and could not appear in the court. At this, the court summoned Ashraf on the next date of hearing and also asked all the accused for filing reply to the questionnaire. Subsequently, the court adjourned further hearing till August 30.The NAB filed the reference against Ashraf and others in 2016. It was alleged that the accused disregarded, disobeyed and deviated from the recruitment rules and made 437 illegal appointments in Gepco.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 17^th, 2019.