ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has rejected the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)’s request to extend former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal’s physical remand in the Narowal Sports City corruption case.
The accountability judge remarked that Ahsan Iqbal has already been in the bureau’s custody for 28 days and asked if they wanted his 90-day physical remand and sent the accused to jail on judicial remand until the next hearing.
Meanwhile, the court gave the accused permission to meet his family members inside the jail. He was also allowed to have home-cooked food and access to medical treatment.
Iqbal was arrested on 23rd December 2019, NAB was investigating alleged embezzlement of government funds in the project. he has been accused of starting the Rs3 billion project illegally. The cost of the project spiraled from Rs300 million leading to an investigation into alleged financial irregularities.
According to NAB officials, the Pakistan Sports Board also illegally used its authority for the construction of the sports city. Iqbal had distanced himself from the project as it was started during the tenure of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in 2009.
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