Cairo Criminal court adjourned the retrial of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif until May 17.

Nazif, who served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, is being retried following a successful appeal against previous verdicts in an embezzlement case.

He is accused of squandering EGP 64 million in public fund, by accepting unlawful gifts from state-owned media institutions, and forcing governmental bodies to make donations to a fake educational institution owned by him.