LAHORE: A Lahore accountability court on Tuesday remanded PTI President Chaudhry Parvez Elahi to the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) till August 21 in a case pertaining to bribes over development project contracts.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Zubair Shahzad Kiyani presided over the hearing today.
NAB’s Rawalpindi and Lahore teams rearrested Elahi on Monday in assets beyond means case after he was released from Adiala Jail, following his detention under the 3 Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) ordinance law.
The NAB team presented Elahi before duty judge Khalid Hayat, where they were granted a one-day transitory remand.
The duty judge directed that the accused be presented before the accountability court in Lahore on Tuesday (today).
Elahi is one of the co-accused in a case involving receiving bribes/kickbacks in order to have the “contracts of road schemes of Gujrat Highways Division awarded to favorite/hand-picked contractors.”
The NAB alleges that Elahi received bribes/kickbacks in exchange for getting the “contracts of road schemes of Gujrat Highways Division awarded to favorite/hand-picked contractors”.
