The accountability court granted physical remand of former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Director General (DG) Ahad Cheema to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
NAB authorities presented Cheema in the accountability court Thursday in the Ashiana housing scheme.
While giving arguments, the NAB prosecutor plead that the accused distributed the contract of Ashiana housing scheme on the basis of nepotism.
The NAB prosecutor urged the court for a 14-day remand of the accused. However, the court granted to a physical remand of 11 days.
The former director general of LDA was presented in the accountability today.
The NAB has arrested Cheema, for misuse of authority, awarding contract of the Ashiana-e-Iqbal project of approximately Rs. 14 billion to Lahore Casa Developers.
Cheema also alleged for illegal gratification of a 32-kanal land valuing Rs. 30 million approximately from the owners of Paragon City (Pvt) Ltd.
NAB has also questioned Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary Fawad Hasan Fawad in the probe.