Ashiana housing scam: Accountability court extends judicial remand till July 13

Suspects to appear before court after nine days

An accountability court on Wednesday extended judicial remand of six suspects including Ahad Cheema till July 13 in the Ashiana Housing Scheme scandal, Express News reported.

All suspects have been asked to appear before the court after nine days.

Cheema has been accused, along with six others, of fraud and misuse of authority in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing scheme by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).



The others include proprietor of Bismillah Engineering Company Shahid Shafiq, Israr Saeed, Arif Majeed as well as PLDC officials Imtiaz Haider and Bilal Qudwai.

Previously, he was sent on a 90-day physical remand while Shafiq was remanded for 87-days.