Dhaka, June 17 -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday asked the government to issue a gazette summoning former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 11 others to appear before it in six cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in plot allotment forgery in Purbachal New Town.

Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Judge Zakir Hossain Galib passed the order following an appeal by the Anti-Corruption Commission and set July 1 for the submission of a report, said ACC lawyer Mir Ahmed Ali Salam.

Others who were ordered to appear before the court are former Minister of Housing and Public Works Sharif Ahmed, former Senior Assistant Secretary of the National Housing and Public Works Ministry Purabi Goldar, former Chairman of RAJUK Anisur Rahman Mia, former membe...