IHC adjourns Naroval Sports City Complex reference till July 5.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday adjourned hearing of a plea seeking acquittal in Naroval Sports City Complex reference till July 5 moved by Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal.

The court observed that there was only one point left, whether Ahsan Iqbal had taken any personal benefit from the project or not. The NAB prosecutor would give arguments on this point in the next date of hearing.

A division bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan heard the case challenging the verdict of the trial court.

At the outset of hearing, Ahsan Iqbal arrived at the court rostrum and said his character assassination had been continue for two years and he was even arrested. Whether the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was asked that what corruption I had done, he questioned.

Ahsan Iqbal said that it was his mistake that made efforts to approve a sports project from all forums. The NAB had alleged him for causing a loss worth of two billion rupees to the national exchequer, he...