LAHORE, March 4: An accountability court on Monday again issued summons for PPP leader and former NWFP chief minister Aftab Sherpao in the newcity reference.

The court had earlier issued his summons on Feb 18 but the order could not be processed. The court issued his summons for the third time and fixed March 20 to produce the accused.

Earlier, the court was informed that Aftab Sherpao was in the NAB custody in Peshawar because of which he could not be delivered summons.

Mr Sherpao was alleged to have taken a big slice of amount from the receipts of the Newcity project. The other accused involved in the case included Muhammad Iqbal, Zahid Sarfaraz Khan Niazi, Niaz Ali Khan, Syed Usman Ali Shah and Haji Nawaz Khokhar.

REMANDED: An accountability court on Monday remanded former provincial secretary Javaid Iqbal Bokhari in the NAB custody for 14 days in a reference of misappropriation of loan from a co-operative finance corporation.

The accused was arrested on Sunday and produced in the accountability court on Monday. He was alleged to have obtained an overdraft of a hefty amount in 1987 which added by markup accumulated to Rs28.26 million.

As he had held an important public office, he had been given an overdraft as a clean loan (without security) by SCCCL.

The court fixed March 18 for further proceedings.—APP