Karachi:
The Federal Anti -Corruption Court has acquitted the president of Senate Yousuf Raza Gilani in nine cases related to the Commercial Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) Mega Corruption Scandal.
The court announced its verdict on Thursday on the pleas of absolution of Gilani. The PPP leader, who served as the country’s prime minister between 2008 and 2012, appeared in court during the hearing along with other coacked.
The Federal Research Agency (FIA) had registered 26 cases in relation to the scandal. Gilani had already been acquitted in three of those cases previously.
Speaking to the media after the hearing, the president of the Senate said he had faced these cases for 12 years. “Some of those who were then students now appear as prosecutors in the case. The delay in justice is equivalent to the denial of justice,” he said.
Gilani’s lawyer, Farooq H. Naek, talking to the media, said that a total of 26 cases were recorded in 2013-14 despite the fact that similar accusations were leveled in all of them.
“Yousuf Raza Gilani was accused of receiving RS5 million [as kickback]Not directly, but supposedly through a person named Zubair. No witness said Gilani personally received the money. The court had already acquitted him in three cases. Now, nine more absolute ones have been granted, “he said.
Naek said the FIA appeal against the absolute was pending in a superior court.
