LHC adjourns hearing of Khawaja’s bail petition till April 1

F.P. Report

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has adjourned hearing of a petition filed by Khawaja brothers for a bail, in Paragon Housing Society scandal till April 1, on Thursday.

According to details, a bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) heard the bail petition of incarcerated former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique.

Both the leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khawaja brothers in their bail plea have stated that the NAB nominated them in the case without having any concrete evidence against them.

Khawaja brothers said they had extended full cooperation to the accountability watchdog during investigation and provided all documents to prove that they had not link to the Paragon City Society.

The applicants said they were being punished by the corruption watchdog on political grounds.

The court was pleaded to pass on orders of their bail in the scandal.

Further hearing into the bail plea was adjourned by the honourable court till April 1.

NAB had launched an investigation into the alleged scam in November last year after a number of victims staged protests and held a press conference at the Lahore Press Club against the fraud committed by the housing society.

Last year, the anti-graft authority arrested former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general Ahad Khan Cheema and others over allegations of corruption in the Ashiana Iqbal Housing Society scam.

During that investigation, 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.