Observer Report
Islamabad
An accountability court on Monday deferred indictment of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and others in an illegal advertisement contract case. During the hearing, the court also rejected the acquittal pleas of co-accused in the case and adjourned the hearing till January 12. It is to be mentioned here that National Accountability Bureau had accused Yousaf Raza Gillani, former secretary of Information Technology Farooq Awan, ex-press information officer Muhammad Saleem, former Universal Service Fund secretary Syed Hasan Sheikh and others of misusing their positions and illegally granting an advertising contract. This step had caused loss of Rs129.07 million to the national exchequer.