Court extends Ahad Cheema's judicial remand for seven days
- By Abid Khan -
- Apr 29, 2019
LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday extended judicial remand of former director general of the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Ahad Cheema in a case pertaining to the LDA City scam for seven days.
Duty Judge Muhammad Wasim Akhtar, who heard the case in the absence of the relevant accountability judge, summoned a progress report from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigation officer in the case.
Ahad Cheema and five other accused appeared before the court.
According to NAB, Cheema and other accused persons allegedly illegally sold plots of the LDA City projects.
It is noteworthy that NAB had arrested Cheema last year in Feb on charges of misusing his authority with a criminal intent and awarding the Rs14 billion contract of Aahiana-e-Iqbal housing scheme in violation of relevant laws.
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He allegedly received gratification in the form of 32 kanals of land from the owners of Paragon City Developers for awarding the housing project to its proxy firm namely Bismillah Engineering.
Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif and former principal secretary to then prime minister Fawad Hassan Fawad have also been named in the same reference