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Khawaja Brothers to be Produced Before NAB Court Today

Lahore (December 12, 2018): Former Railways Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)  leader, Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman who were arrested yesterday, will be produced before NAB court in Paragon city scam today.

According to details, Lahore NAB Court will hear the case against arrested Khawaja brothers where the Accountability watchdogs are likely to appeal for 15-day physical remand for the offenders.

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Earlier yesterday (December 11), officials from National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested  Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique after Lahore High Court rejected their bail plea.

According to the details, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Salman Rafique in connection to the Paragon Housing Society scam.

“The court’s decision confirmed substantive evidence against NAB suspects,” the accountability watchdog spokesperson said.

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A two-judge bench headed by Justice Tariq Abbasi heard the petition of the brothers seeking an extension in their pre-arrest bail. Initially, the court extended their bail till December 13, however, the bench later rejected their petitions.

Following the LHC’s decision, NAB took the brothers into custody.

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The LHC had earlier granted the brothers pre-arrest bail and they had appeared before NAB multiple times for questioning in connection to the case.

NAB had launched an investigation into the alleged scam after dozens of victims staged protests and held a press conference at the Lahore Press Club against the housing society’s fraud.

The bureau had arrested former LDA director general Ahad Khan Cheema and others over allegations of corruption in Ashiana Iqbal Housing Society scam.During investigations, it was revealed that Cheema had misused his authority and received huge sums of money in return for awarding the contract of the project to Casa Developers.

The amount was paid from the account of the Paragon Housing Society.

Further, the two-judge bench also heard Rafique brothers’ petition to transfer their case from NAB DG Lahore Saleem Shahzad.Last month, the PML-N leader had requested NAB chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal to transfer their case to another bureau as Shahzad was “no longer an independent person” and could not be trusted to conduct a transparent inquiry.

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