*LAHORE: Former DG LDA and DCO Lahore Ahad Cheem is in serious trouble inThe NAB Custody. *
*National Accountability Bureau has tightened the noose around the officerwho was initially reluctant to cooperate with The NAB. *
*The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigators obtained access tomobile and laptop data of former Director General (DG) Lahore DevelopmentAuthority (LDA) Ahad Cheema, sources informed ARY News on Saturday.*
According to the sources, the top graft body would now investigate theemails and data extracted from Cheema’s mobile and laptop.
Technical experts have also been approached to restore the data which hadbeen either formatted or deleted, the sources further informed.
The Bureaucracy of Punjab has been expressing its concerns over arrest ofthe former LDA officer.
Ahad Cheema, who is now serving as chief executive of the Punjab PowerCompany, was arrested from his office located in Gulbarg area of Lahore.
*11-day physical remand*
On Thursday, an accountability court in Lahore granted the NAB 11-dayphysical remand of Cheema in the Ashiana Housing Scheme scam*.*
According to the NAB notice, an inquiry against officials of the PunjabLand Development Company (PLDC) and LDA revealed that “prima facie ShahbazSharif, being the Chief Minister Punjab, had ordered certain illegal actsin sheer violation of the laid down procedures for functioning of PLDC dueto which the company bore a huge financial loss.”
“Shahbaz had ordered cancellation of contract of Aashiana-e-Iqbal to asuccessful bidder, leading to award of the contract to other builder, whichresulted into a loss of Rs 193 million approximately,” the notice reads.
He also directed PLDC to assign the project of Aashiana-e-Iqbal to LDAresulting into award of contracts to M/s Lahore Casa Developers (JV), thuscausing loss of Rs 715 million approximately and ultimately failure of theproject, according to the notice.
It says the chief minister had also directed PLDC to award consultancyservices of Aashiana-e-Iqbal project for Rs 192 million approximately, butits actual cost was Rs 35 million.