Court adjourns hearing in illegal recruitment case against Pervaiz Ashraf.

LAHORE -- An accountability court granted time to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit reply over acquittal petition of former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in illegal recruitment case, media reported on Thursday.

The accountability court hearing a case of illegal recruitment in Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO).

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in a petition for his acquittal in the case argued that the NAB has already denied irregularities in recruitment.

He also contended that the court have no jurisdiction to hear the case after recent amendment in the NAB Ordinance.

The investigation officer of the bureau pleaded to court for more time to submit reply of the NAB over the plea.

The court granted the request and adjourned further hearing of...

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