7 PWD Officials Remanded In NAB Custody

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Jun, 2017 ) : An accountability court on Tuesday handed over seven Public Works Department (PWD) officials to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on 10-day physical remand in an embezzlement case.

However, the court sent a female accused, XEN Humera Khurram, to jail on judicial remand. Earlier, the NAB Lahore produced the accused SDO Khursheed Ahmed, XEN Humera Khurram, Sub-Engineer Naimat Ali, Sub-Engineer Abdul Razzaq, Sarwar Bhatti, Muhammad Ishfaq, Muhammad Amin and Syed Shafqat Hussain before Accountability Court Judge Najam-ul-Hassan and sought physical remand of the accused for interrogation.

According to NAB, the accused, in connivance with each other, managed to cash bogus bills/ payments of 19 development projects fraudulemntly. The projects were about construction of roads, 'soling', drainage etc., in Sheikhupura, which had already been executed by TMA Sheikhupura.

During the course of inquiry, it was disclosed that all projects belong to three Constituencies including NA-134, PP-166 and PP-169.