Court acquits Jahangir Badar from illegal assets reference
Pakistan
Court acquits Jahangir Badar from illegal assets reference
An Accountability Court has acquitted Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peoples' Party Jahangir Badar from a reference of illegal assets. After this acquittal, all NAB cases against Jahangir Badar have been revoked. The court heard two NAB references against Jahangir Badar made in Musharraf government, including the case of illegal assets and unwarranted appointments in the Sui Gas department. The Court said that the cases against Jahangir Badar were politically motivated. Jahangir Badar talking to media said that fake cases were made against him, including a case of illegal assets of worth Rs 47 lac. He said that he had time and again maintained the cases were bogus.
