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Ahad Cheema sent on 15-days judicial remand in Ashiana Housing case

NAB officials produced Cheema, the prime accused in the Ashiana Housing Scheme case, before the court following the completion of a three-day remand and sought physical remand of another 15-days, citing some new revelations of assets beyond his income...

The NAB authorities had arrested six people — former LDA DG Ahad Khan Cheema, Bismillah Engineering Company owner Shahid Shafiq, Israr Saeed, Arif Majeed, PLDC’s former chief...

Fawad Hassan Fawad arrested by NAB in Ashiana housing scam

Civil Services Academy Director General Fawad Hassan Fawad was placed under arrest by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday for his alleged involvement in the Rs14 billion Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme scam, DawnNewsTV reported, citing a NAB source...

Fawad ? who in 2013 had allegedly pressurised the PLDC chief executive officer (CEO) Tahir Khursheed and Project Director Ali Moazzam to cancel the Ashiana contract with...

A timeline of developments in the Ashiana housing 'scam'

The Punjab government's controversial Ashiana housing projects, launched in 2010, have been the subject of much controversy and speculation over the years...

Launched as low-cost housing schemes for those who otherwise could not afford space in Lahore's rapidly heating property market, the Ashiana projects were greeted with considerable enthusiasm when they launched...

NAB clears PM Shehbaz, others of any wrongdoing in Ashiana housing case

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday declared that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during his time as the chief minister of Punjab, did not obtain any benefit from the government funds or misused his public office in the Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme case...

The Ashiana scandal first emerged in January 2018 when NAB accused Sharif, the then opposition leader, of ordering the cancellation of a contract given to...

Plot holders call for construction of houses in Ashiana scheme

LAHORE: A number of buyers of plots of the Ashiana Quaid Housing Scheme on Tuesday criticised the government for not launching the construction of two-marla houses for them despite the passing of many years...

“We have been approaching for the last couple of years the senior officials of the Housing Department, Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC) and others but no one takes up the issue seriously...

SBP holds low-cost housing festival in Faisalabad

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) governor Dr Reza Baqir said on Saturday that the Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG) markup subsidy scheme is designed to provide affordable housing solutions to low- and middle-income groups...

Addressing the participants of MPMG Mela held in Faisalabad, Dr Baqir said that the event was a unique opportunity for all key stakeholders to provide a one-stop solution for creating awareness about the...

Buzdar launches food distribution scheme in Lahore, Faisalabad

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Sunday launched a ‘Mobile Lungar’ scheme in two major cities of the province -- Lahore and Faisalabad -- in line with Prime Minister’s Ehsaas programme’s “Koee Bhooka Na Soy” project...

Chief Minister Usman Buzdar inaugurated the scheme and sent ‘food trucks’ on four different routes of Lahore – first route is from Thokar Niaz Beg to Data Darbar to cater Multan Chungi, Mandi Stop, Chowk Yateem Khana...

Ashiana Iqbal ‘scam’: LDA’s ex-DG to appear before NAB today

LAHORE: As the National Accountability Bureau, Lahore, has detected `illegalities’ in a land deal involving Paragon Housing Society reportedly developed by Railways Minister Khwaja Saad Rafique and the Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC), it (NAB) has summoned a former head of LDA and two top officials of the society on Thursday (today)...

The NAB has recently launched investigation into the contract agreement signed between the...

NAB arrests suspect in Ashiana project probe

Faridi is accused of presenting fake documents, obtaining constructive possession of Ashiana Iqbal project without financial close and willfully failing to complete the project causing a loss of around Rs1bn to the government...

A NAB spokesman said the suspect with mala fide intentions obtained constructive possession of Ashiana Iqbal project without financial close and willfully failed to complete the project that caused Rs1 billion...

NAB arrests two Punjab officials among four in Ashiana scam

LAHORE: In a major development in the Rs14 billion Ashiana-i-Iqbal housing scam, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday arrested four more suspects including two senior officers of the Punjab government...

Mr Cheema is accused of misusing his authority and with “criminal intent prepared, processed, recommended and got approved a fraudulent and illegal request by awarding contract of the Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Society...

NAB again summons PM aide in Ashiana scam

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore has again summoned secretary to prime minister Fawad Hassan Fawad on Thursday (today) for his alleged role in awarding a contract to a firm in violation of rules in the Ashiana-i-Iqbal housing scam...

Mr Fawad had appeared before the NAB’s combined investigation team at its Lahore office and recorded his statement with regard to award and cancellation of the contract related to...

Paragon chief’s brothers held in Ashiana scam

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore on Friday arrested two more suspects in the Rs14 billion Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Society scam...

The officials said the suspects were also business partners in Bismillah Engineering Services that was engaged in the construction of low-cost housing scheme of the Punjab government in January 2015...

Saaf Pani, Ashiana scams: Officers in NAB custody ‘incriminate’ Shahbaz

After the statement of Mr Fawad Hasan Fawad, former principal secretary to ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in which he named Shahbaz Sharif for awarding contract to a “favourite firm” in Rs14bn Ashiana Housing project on his (Shahbaz’s) orders, former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC) Wasim Ajmal has also reportedly passed the buck to the PML-N president, accusing him of making him (Mr Ajmal) a scapegoat to...

Shahbaz’s arrest in Ashiana case challenged

LAHORE: A senior lawyer has approached the Lahore High Court challenging the arrest of opposition leader in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme case...

Three witnesses record statement in Ashiana case

LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday recorded statements of three prosecution witnesses in Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing Scheme reference against leader of opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif and other suspects...

It said he in connivance with his co-suspects awarded contract to an ineligible proxy firm that resulted in failure of Ashiana housing scheme causing a loss to public exchequer and deprived 61,000 applicants of...