ISLAMABAD : Former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique has taken a bigdecision fearing his imminent arrest by National Accountability Bureau.
He on Wednesday filed a plea in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seekingprotective bail.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has been probing Rafique inconnection to an inquiry into a private housing scheme scam. The PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has also been summoned by NAB a number of timesfor questioning in the case.
In his plea, Rafique has stated that NAB issued summon notices to him onMarch 20 in the Paragon Housing Society scam and on March 28 he submittedhis reply and related documents. After a detailed investigation session,NAB directed that more documents be submitted which I did on April 5, hefurther said.
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Further, Rafique stated that he was never a director or shareholder of theParagon housing scheme.
“If arrest warrants are issued then I should be given two weeks,” the PML-Nleader requested and pleaded to the court to inform NAB regarding injuriesagainst him and direct the bureau to not arrest him for two weeks.
