LAHORE – New progress has been reported in the National AccountabilityBureau (NAB) on Saturday in Ashiana Housing Scheme reference.
NAB has filed the supplementary reference in the Ashiana Iqbal scandal.
As many as 13 people, including Opposition Leader in the National AssemblyShehbaz Sharif, Ahad Cheema, Fawad Hassan Fawad, Nadeem Zia, Kamran Kayani,Shahid Shafique, Bilal Qadwai and Munir Zia, have been nominated in thereference.
The 1,000-page supplementary reference contains three volumes.
The reference accuses Shehbaz Sharif of misusing his powers and causing aloss to the national exchequer.
According to the reference, Shehbaz Sharif got the powers of PLDC Board ofDirectors and asked the company illegally to give the Ashiana project tothe LDA. At that time, Ahad Cheema was heading the LDA.
It alleges that Shehbaz Sharif illegally cancelled the contract of Latifand Sons Company illegally and gave the contract to his favourite BismillahEngineering.
According to the reference, Fawad Hassan Fawad tried to give the contractto his favourite company, while Shehbaz Sharif ordered to stop the biddingprocess of the PLDC, which was running the Ashiana Iqbal project since 2013.