LAHORE: The accountability court allowed the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) – probing the Model Town tragedy– to record the statement of former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique at Kot Lakhpat jail.
According to details, the JIT has moved a plea in the accountability court to grant permission to record Khawaja Saad’s statement in the tragedy. Khawaja Saad currently is on judicial remand in Paragon Housing scam till April 4.
In the plea, the probe team official sought court’s permission to record the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader statement, as he is nominated in the case.
The JIT told the court that it has contacted the Anti-Terrorism court to seek permission in this regard, however, it was asked to contact the relevant accountability court.
The JIT pleaded the court to grant permission to record Khawaja Saad Rafique’s statement in the camp jail.
