LAHORE: Accountability court on Friday granted a 14-day physical remand of Fawad Hassan to National Accountability Bureau (NAB).
The top bureaucrat was presented before the court for the hearing.
Prosecutor Waris Ali Janjua informed the court that petition/ complains against Ashiana housing scheme were filed by the general public.
Earlier today, the anti-graft body had requested the court to grant permission for taking in Fawad on physical remand for further investigation.
Earlier on Thursday, Fawad was arrested after interrogation under the charges of inflicting billions worth losses to the national exchequer.
NAB had initially denied claims of Fawad’s arrest, however later Director General (DG) NAB Lahore Shahzad Saleem confirmed the surfacing rumors.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah on Thursday while referring to Fawad’s arrest remarked that the anti-graft body has previously been used before elections and is being done so now as well.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday arrested senior Bureaucrat Fawad Hassan Fawad in Ashiana Iqbal Housing Scheme case.
NAB officials said that the top civil servant was arrested after questioning under the charges of causing a loss of billions of rupees to the national exchequer.
The Bureau had earlier today summoned Fawad for interrogation in the housing scheme scam.
Fawad has previously appeared before the bureau three times.
The top bureaucrat has previously served as former premier Nawaz Sharif’s principal secretary.
On June 1, Fawad was appointed as director general of Civil Services Academy, Lahore after being removed from the post of principal secretary.
The bureaucrat is accused of illegally awarding contracts for Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme of the Punjab Government. He is also under NAB’s clutches for possession of assets beyond income sources and illegal award of CNG contracts.
NAB officials said that the scheme was originally won by Chaudhry Latif and Sons construction company, however Sharifs awarded the contract to Lahore Casa developers, a proxy group of Paragon City (Pvt) Limited.
Former chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also been summoned by NAB many times while Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Chairman Ahad Cheema is on judicial remand after his arrest.
