ISLAMABAD –Former Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal faces yet another blowfrom the Accountability court.
Accountability court on Tuesday has approved 13-day physical remand offormer federal minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) seniorleader Ahsan Iqbal in Narowal sports city case.
During the hearing headed by judge Muhammad Bashir, the officials ofanti-corruption watchdog requested to grant Ahsan Iqbal’s physical remand.
The court, while approving the physical remand, directed to re-produce thePML-N leader on January 6.
On Monday, NAB had arrested Ahsan Iqbal over his involvement inembezzlement of Narowal sports city project funds.
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The anti-graft watchdog body alleged that Iqbal had illegally initiated aproject of Rs 3 billion in Narowal; causing a loss worth billions to thenational exchequer.
NAB claimed to have received a complaint that the Narowal Sports City wasconstructed at a cost of approximately Rs6 billion, which was a violationof rules and had incurred heavy losses to the national exchequer.
