Ahad Cheema, the former bureaucrat, was cleared by the Accountability Court of Lahore on Friday regarding the reference of assets exceeding income, and his name has been removed from the NAB's file.
Ahad Cheema's plea for acquittal was accepted by the Accountability Court, and the reserved decision was announced by Judge Malik Ali Zulqarnain.
In 2018, a reference was filed by the National Accountability Beware (NAB) Lahore against Ahad Cheema.
Shehbaz Sharif, the former prime minister, and others were cleared of all charges in the Aashiana Iqbal reference by a Lahore accountability court.
The court on Saturday approved the appeal for acquittal submitted by ten accused, including Shehbaz Sharif, Fawad Hassan Fawad, and Ahad Cheema, and announced a reserved ruling.
Imtiaz Haider, Bilal Kidwai, Shahid Mahmood, Munir Zia, Shahid Shafiq, Ali Sajjad Bhutta, and Muhammad Sadiq were among the other accused.
Nadeem Zia and Kamran Kiani were earlier found not guilty by the court in this case.
The court heard arguments from both parties earlier today and reserved its decision.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and the attorney general presented their reports at the acquittal applications hearing on Saturday.
The NAB prosecutor informed the court that the current case was unaffected by the Supreme Court's decision.
Speaking to the media, Shehbaz Sharif's lawyer, Amjad Pervaiz, stated that the NAB and the AG have given written responses to the court expressing their perspectives. They took the position that this case was unaffected by the Supreme Court's decision.