ISLAMABAD: The state moved to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against acquittal of former president and PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in the SGS and Cotecna references by a trial court.
The appeal was filed by the NAB through its Prosecutor General Accountability on Wednesday against the decision of Judge Muhammad Bashir of the NAB court.
The petitioner prayed to the court to set aside the alleged impugned order dated November 24, 2015 whereby the Asif Ali Zardari was acquitted and he may be sentenced in accordance with law for larger interest of justice.
NAB took the ground that trial court passed the impugned order without considering gravity of the offence and passed the judgment in hasty manner adding that there was over whelming evidence against the accused.
Furthermore, the order was based on surmises and conjectures and was a result of miss-reading or non-reading of evidence and record produced before the trial court, NAB alleged.
It is pertinent to mention here that earlier on November 24, a trial court acquitted former president on the grounds of not having solid evidences against the accused.
The allegation was that former prime minister Benzair Bhutto, her spouse and Ex-federal Minster Ex-chairman CBR A. R Siddiqui in collusion with each other and collaboration with M/s Societe Generate De Surveillance S. A (SGS) awarded contract for Pre-shipment Inspection (PSI) to M/s SGS in consideration for illegal gratification and undue pecuniary advantage.
While in the Cotecna case the contract was given to a Swiss company after allegedly receiving six per cent commission.
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