ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday filed a corruption reference against former minister for law and justice Babar Awan regarding a delay in Nandipur Project in Accountability Courts Islamabad

Awan serves as the adviser to the prime minister on parliamentary affairs.

The former federal minister for water and power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, along with other officers of the ministry, also faces a corruption reference for the delay in Nandipur Project.

The corruption references were filed after a commission, constituted at the behest of the Supreme Court, held officers of the Ministry of Law and  Justice responsible for the delay.