ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Courtlinkhasextended the hearing of the bail petitions filed by former railway ministerKhawaja Saad Rafiq and his brother Salman in the Paragon Housing schemecase for seven days.
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SC Judge Justice Maqbool conducted the hearing in which the NationalAccountability Bureau (NAB)’s lawyer sought more time to file furtherrecords regarding the same case.
Advocate Ashtar Ausaf pleaded with the court to order a trial court thathas been hearing the case to present its report as well.
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Earlier, Khawaja brothers’ bail was turned down by the Lahore High Court(LHC).
On Feb 11, an accountability court in Lahore issued an arrest warrant forQaiser Amin Butt, the director of Paragon Housing Society and the primaryaccused person in the Paragon City Housing reference who has turned witnessfor the prosecution against the Khawaja brothers.
