Expensive engines scandal: NAB summons three railway officials on Nov 26

Dunya News

The officials have alleged former minister Khawaja Saad Rafique of assistance in ?this regard. ?

LAHORE (Dunya News) – National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned three railway officials ‎on November 26 in a scandal regarding purchase of expensive train engines.‎

According to details, the officials have alleged former minister Khawaja Saad Rafique of assistance in ‎this regard. ‎

Earlier, Lahore High Court (LHC) had extended the interim bail of former ministers Khawaja Saad ‎Rafique and Khawaja Salman Rafique in Paragon Housing Society scandal till November 26.‎

Following the NAB’s corruption probe on October 15, LHC had accepted Pakistan Muslim League ‎Nawaz (PML-N) leaders’ interim bail till October 24 while they were again granted bail extension till ‎November 14‎‏.‏

In November 2017, NAB had launched its investigation into a mega land scam involving then Railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique’s Paragon Housing Society in Lahore and Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC).