National Accountability Court No 1 headed by Judge Aal-e-Maqbool Rizvi on Tuesday acquitted former Defence Minister Syed Ghous Ali Shah in a reference regarding appointments in Civil Aviation Authority in contravention of rules and regulations.
Ghous Ali Shah was charged with making 122 appointments in 1992 and 1993 in CAA which added to fiscal crunch of CAA. Reference was filed on January 27, 2001. Fahim Riaz Siddiqui and Arshad Jadoon advocates appeared for former Minister.