Elahi remanded over to NAB in bribery case

An accountability courtroom on Tuesday granted 14-day bodily remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi to the Nationwide Accountability Bureau (NAB) over allegations of kickbacks in authorities contracts.

In keeping with Specific Information, the previous Punjab chief minister was produced earlier than Decide Zubair Shahzad Kayani’s courtroom below tight safety.

Through the listening to, Elahi’s lawyer Amjad Parvez sought permission to seek the advice of along with his consumer earlier than presenting the arguments, which was granted.

NAB Prosecutor Waris Ali Janjua requested the choose for Elahi’s bodily remand within the case regarding scams and kickbacks in authorities contracts.

“Developmental tasks had been authorized with none regard for your complete province,” argued the prosecutor. He stated that Elahi had authorized tasks price Rs72 billion for Gujarat alone.

“4 folks have already been arrested on this case,” he instructed the courtroom including that Elahi was arrested yesterday and introduced within the accountability courtroom as we speak (Tuesday).

The lawyer claimed that roughly 200 tasks had been fast-tracked illegally below Elahi’s watch.

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The NAB lawyer claimed that Moonis Elahi, son of Pervaiz Elahi, held a gathering and stuck the share of kickbacks.

Alternatively, Pervaiz Elahi’s lawyer argued earlier than the courtroom that petitions in opposition to his consumer’s arrest had been pending earlier than the Supreme Court docket and the Lahore Excessive Court docket, and but he was arrested.

The accountability courtroom nevertheless authorized the prosecutor’s request for bodily remand till August 21 and handed him over to NAB for investigation.

Notably, the PTI president was first arrested by Anti-Corruption Institution (ACE) with the assistance of Punjab Police in Lahore on June 1. He has since been launched and rearrested below varied expenses.