Hajj Director: Remand extended for four days

Court directed NAB authorities to file the reference against the accused by the next hearing.

LAHORE: An accountability court on Friday extended till December 20 the judicial remand of former Hajj director Rao Shakeel Ahmad, involved in making illegal assets.

The accused was arrested on the charge of maintaining various bank accounts under different names and transacting heavy amounts of money from these accounts illegally. The court directed the National Accountability Bureau authorities to file the reference against the accused by the next hearing.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 17^th, 2011.