April 01, 2008	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 23, 1429

KARACHI, March 31: The Accountability Court-I, Karachi, on Monday adjourned the hearing of the KPT land scam case filed against R.B. Rahu and others till Tuesday for further arguments by the defence counsel on an application moved by the accused under Section 7 of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO-2007) read with Section 265-K of the CrPC.

The case pertains to the allotment of 75 acres of KPT land at Mai Kolachi to certain influential figures allegedly at throwaway prices. According to the charge-sheet, the land worth Rs3,000 million were sold for Rs204.97 million.

Meanwhile, the Accountability Court-V, Karachi, on Monday adjourned the hearing of a case against Ahmed Yar Malik of the Ex-Servicemen Cooperative Housing Society till April 22 due to the transfer of the presiding officer concerned to the Sindh High Court.

The court was to hear an application filed by the accused under Section 265-K of the Cr.PC.

According to the prosecution, the accused, in connivance with the co-accused, Fazalur Rahman, had constructed a mausoleum at the housing society and allotted plots to non-members and misappropriated over Rs12 million.

Another case, filed against a Nadra assistant, Hadi Buksh Siyal, was also put off till April 3 due to the illness of the witness in the case.

Siyal is accused of amassing over Rs46 million through corruption and bribery.—APP