*LAHORE: An accountability court of Lahore on Tuesday remanded, principalsecretary of former two prime ministers, Fawad Hassan Fawad in NationalAccountability Bureau’s (NAB) custody for a day. *
The anti-graft watchdog apprehended the senior bureaucrat – accused invarious cases – on July 5 and produced the top civil servant before anaccountability court today.
The bureau’s prosecutor enlightened the court about the charges againstFawad which contended that the government officer had misused his authorityand awarded the contract to CASA Developers in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal HousingScheme.
The charges against the accused further entail causing the loss of billionsof rupees to the national exchequer in various scams and burying a file ofthe inquiry committee.
The accountability court then remanded Fawad in NAB’s custody till July 18.
Three corruption cases against former premier Nawaz Sharif’s principalsecretary involve Ashiana Housing Scheme, illegal employment in a privatebank and unlawful transfer of nine CNG stations.
Fawad has served as the principal secretary of two former prime ministers,Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi during the recent PML-N government.