{"id":43673,"date":"2024-01-04T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T09:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/toshakhana-case-against-nawaz-zardari-adjourned-sans-hearing-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T09:04:09","slug":"toshakhana-case-against-nawaz-zardari-adjourned-sans-hearing-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/toshakhana-case-against-nawaz-zardari-adjourned-sans-hearing-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshakhana case against Nawaz, Zardari adjourned sans hearing | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nISLAMABAD:
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An accountability court in Islamabad adjourned on Thursday the hearing of references\u00a0against former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the\u00a0Toshakhana case.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Judge Muhammad Bashir of the anti-graft court did not hear the case today\u00a0due to the ongoing hearing of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan at Rawalpindi Central Jail.<\/p>\n

The hearing pertains to vehicles taken from the\u00a0Toshakhana by\u00a0the co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, PPP leader Yousuf Raza Gilani and others.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that the NAB could not file a supplementary reference against the accused.<\/p>\n

The hearing of the case was adjourned till January 15.<\/p>\n

Read <\/strong>NAB files graft reference against Imran, Bushra in Toshakhana case<\/a><\/p>\n

Zardari and Nawaz have been accused<\/a> by the country\u2019s top anti-corruption body of illegally retaining expensive vehicles gifted to them by different foreign states and dignitaries instead of depositing them in the Toshakhana.<\/p>\n

The NAB also maintained that Gilani, during his tenure as the prime minister, facilitated the PPP co-chairman in retaining the vehicles.<\/p>\n

According to the anti-corruption body, Zardari and Nawaz retained the vehicles \u201cagainst a nominal payment of 15% of their total value\u201d through \u201cdishonest and illegal means for their personal benefit and interest\u201d.<\/p>\n

The anti-graft court had indicted Zardari and Gillani in the Toshakhana case on September 9, 2020. The court had also declared Nawaz a proclaimed offender in the same matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n