Court seeks NAB report on delay in filing reference against Ahsan Iqbal.

ISLAMABAD -- An accountability court in Islamabad on Friday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to submit a report explaining why it has not yet filed a reference in the Narowal Sports City (NSC) Project case.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart and former federal minister Ahsan Iqbal turned up before the accountability judge as the court resumed hearing the corruption case against him.

Over the course of the hearing, the bureau's prosecutor sought more time to file the reference, stating that witnesses have been called to record their statements but they are not showing up due to the coronavirus pandemic.

At this, the PML-N leader taunted the bureau questioning why he was detained for two months if the anti-graft watchdog doesn't have witnesses.

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