ext-align: justify;">ISLAMABAD, Sep 30 (APP): An Accountability Court (AC) on Monday acquitted former Senate deputy chairman Saleem Mandviwala and others in the Kidney Hills reference.
ext-align: justify;">Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana approved the application of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and returned the reference.
ext-align: justify;">The NAB, in its plea, stated that Mandviwala had no connection with the case. Moreover there was no loss to the government treasury, rather it was a private party which suffered the losses.
ext-align: justify;">The Bureau pleaded the court to acquit the accused.
ext-align: justify;">The NAB said that the reference was filed on January 19, 2021 against seven accused. The matter was presented before its executive board in September (2024), which reached a conclusion that the reference could not be made as per the facts, it added.
ext-align: justify;">The court, subsequently, approved the request of NAB and acquitted the seven persons.
