NAB produces Rafique brothers before accountability court

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) presented on Wednesday former Railway Minister Saad Rafique and his brother Salman Rafique before an accountability court in Paragon Housing Scam case.

The brothers were brought to court amid tight security, while roads leading to the court were blocked. NAB will seek physical remand of the brothers during the hearing. The court granted NAB 10 day physical remand of the Rafique brothers.

The brothers were arrested by NAB on Tuesday, after the Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected their bails in Paragon Housing Scam. Saad and Salman had filed an application requesting the LHC to extend their interim bail, which the high court rejected.

According to the NAB, the suspects, along with Nadeem Zia chief executive of Paragon City and others, had launched an illegal housing scheme Paragon City (Pvt) Ltd in 2005 on the basis of forged and fabricated documents.

NAB shared that Saad's wife was partner with Qaiser Ameen Butt, the former Director of Paragon City. NAB contended that both the brothers had received money from the housing society. NAB also asserted that both Saad and Salman had admitted that they took millions of rupees as commission.