KARACHI: An accountability court on Tuesday declared illegal land allotment reference against former Karachi mayor Mustafa Kamal and others as maintainable, ARY News reported.<br /><br />The court rejected a plea moved by the accused against the reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over illegal land allotment of plots in Clifton area of Karachi.<br /><br />The court had deferred its order on the plea in a previous hearing moved by the defendants against the maintainability of the reference.<br /><br />The judge had fixed the pronouncement of the decision on November 19 (today), directing all parties to be present during the next hearing.<br /><br />After announcement of decision over the maintainability, the judge adjourned further hearing of the reference till December 04.<br /><br />The National Accountability Bureau (NAB), in its reference, has charged Mustafa Kamal of illegally allotting 137 plots on 5,500 acres of land near Sea View. He even gave permission to a private construction firm to construct a multi-storey building in the area, the bureau said.
