KARACHI – The accountability court on Monday indicted former petroleum minister Dr Asim Hussain and other co-accused in a NAB reference filed against them in Rs 17 billion corruption scam in Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited Company case. The accused denied allegations against them.
According to details, the NAB court on Monday after completion of arguments in a case from NAB officials indicted the accused in the case after a period of more than a year.
The accused raised objections over the indictment on which the court ordered the NAB authorities to present witnesses in the case on next hearing scheduled for March 17.
Talking to media after the hearing, Dr Asim Hussasin said that he was not informed of the allegations levelled against him. “I have faced the false cases in past and would also face them in future also,” he said.