DHA scandal: Brig Khalid Nazir handed to NAB on 7-day physical remand
Accountability court handed Brig (r) Khalid Nazir to NAB on physical remand in DHA corruption case
LAHORE: (Dunya News) – Accountability court has on Saturday handed Brigadier (r) Khalid Nazir Butt to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on 7-day physical remand in Lahore Defence Housing Authority (DHA) corruption case, reported Dunya News.
According to details, Brig (r) Khalid Nazir Butt was presented before the court today and the court was told that the suspect was a former director of Lahore City DHA project but didn’t fulfill his duties as the director. The court was told that the retired brigadier was also involved in DHA land scam worth Rs. 16 billion. He was accused of having held the plots of 26,000 citizens including families of martyred soldiers despite having received the amounts from them.
NAB’s lawyer demanded 14-day physical remand from the court for the interrogation. Brigadier (r) Khalid Nazir’s lawyers opposed the demand for physical remand and maintained that there was no need for the physical remand since NAB already had all the record.
Accountability court handed the suspect to NAB on 7-day physical remand. Moreover, the prime accused in the project Hammad Arshad is already in NAB’s custody on physical remand.
