PSM ex-chairman, others acquitted in Rs900 mln corruption reference.

ISLAMABAD -- An accountability court has acquitted three accused including the former chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) Moeen Aftab over lack of evidence in a corruption reference worth Rs900 million, media reported on Thursday.

The accountability court has announced its verdict today in a reference filed against Rs900 million corruption by awarding an illegal contract for coal purchases after misusing authority. PSM ex-chairman Moeen Aftab, director commercial Sameen Asghar and contractor Abdul Rasheed were nominated in the reference.

It is pertinent to mention here that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed nine corruption references against Moeen Aftab.

NAB officials said...

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