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LAHORE: An accountability court extended the remand of PTI President Parvez Elahi till August 29 in a case related to allegedly awarding illegal contracts during his tenure as Punjab’s chief minister.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) authorities presented Chaudhry Parvez Elahi before the Accountability Court Judge Zubair Shahid Kiyani, who presided over the corruption case against the former CM Punjab.
Elahi’s counsel, Amjad Pervez, protested and said that the matter of Elahi’s repeated arrests is currently pending in the Lahore High Court (LHC) and the Supreme Court (SC) and added that the apex court had ordered the LHC to hear and decide upon the case by August 21.
Elahi’s counsel further stated that if after hearing the case, the court approves his remand for an appropriate time, then they will have no objection. Judge Kayani inquired from Elahi’s counsel to share what an “appropriate number of days” would be according to them, to which the lawyer stated that a physical remand till Monday would be agreeable.
The anti-corruption watchdog alleged that the accused received over Rs1 billion in illicit kickbacks through intermediaries in 226 contracts.
