Staff Reporter
An accountability court in Islamabad will announce the verdict on PPP leader and former PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s acquittal plea in the Ratodero reference on July 8. He has been accused of misusing his authority.
Eight people have filed for acquittals in the case, including former water and power secretary Shahid Rafiq and former Pakistan Electric Power Company MD Tahir Basharat Cheema.
Ashraf has already been acquitted in the Pira Ghaib and Sahiwal rental power cases.
The Pira Ghaib reference was filed in 2014 over a 192 MW rental power plant in Multan. Ashraf was accused of corruption and misusing his authority as former power minister.
The Sahiwal case was filed in December 2019 after Rana Amjad, the manager of the Sahiwal-Multan project, turned approver in the case.
