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LAHORE: An accountability court has extended the judicial remand of former railway minister Khwaja Saad Rafiq and his brother Salman Rafique for 13 days in the Paragon Housing scheme case.
AC judge Jawad ul Hassan conducted the hearing of the case in which he remarked that an arrest warrant for Qaiser Amin Butt, the director of Paragon Housing Society and the primary accused person in the same case should be issued.
The judge also ordered to arrest Qaiser Butt and present him in the next hearing.
During the hearing, the judge asked the lawyer of the National Accountability Bureau that who was the complainant of the Paragon Society. The investigation officer had failed to convince the court or to acquit the accused, the judge added.
Saad Rafique along with his brother Salman Rafique was arrested on 11th December 2018 on the charges of signing an agreement with Paragon City regarding the sale of land worth over Rs393 million.
On 17th April 2019, the involvement of Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman in the Paragon City was exposed. Qaiser Amin Butt, the director of the Paragon Housing Society, was also included in the inquiry initiated by the NAB (National Accountability Bureau), and he was also arrested in November last year. Later, he agreed to turn approver against the Khawaja brothers and Zia.
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