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Nandipur power project: SC seeks report within 2 weeks

Dunya News

Babar Awan appeared in the Supreme Court today.

A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the case pertaining to the delay in the installation of the power plants, Dunya News reported.During today’s hearing, former law minister Babar Awan informed the bench that he did not receive any summon-notice from the apex court, adding that he has appeared before the bench only after news surfaced in the print media.Babar Awan requested the court to give him two weeks to submit a detailed reply.Also, Ministry for Water and Power also sough 10 weeks time to prepare a final report.The court while adjourning the case hearing, granted two-week deadline to the respondents.The petition was filed by Khawaja Mohammad Asif, a PML-N lawmaker, against the delay in the installation of the Rs29 billion 425MW combined cycle power plant in Nandipur (Gujranwala) and 595MW Chichunki Malian power project in May earlier this year.