ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has extended the judicial remand of former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal for 21 days in the Narowal Sports City corruption case.
The former interior minister is facing charges of financial irregularities in Narowal Sports Complex construction and the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for a sports city being established in Narowal a multi-billion-rupee project.
The cost of the project was Rs2.9 billion and Rs2.5 billion had already been spent. The funds allocated were then spent through the PSB and the Ministry of Sports had devolved after the 18th constitutional amendment and it was a provincial subject.
In this regard, the NAB Rawalpindi seized the Narowal Sports City project’s record as an investigation against him.
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