ISLAMABAD: Former Lahore Development Authority (LDA) director general AhadCheema has been blacklisted from obtaining a passport due to the NationalAccountability Bureau’s (NAB) investigation against him.
NAB is investigating allegations that Cheema, by misuse of authority andwith criminal intent, awarded a contract of the Ashiana-e-Iqbalhousingproject of approximately Rs14 billion to Lahore Casa Developers — ajoint-venture which was ineligible for the contract.
Cheema was arrested on February 21 and is presently in NAB’s custody.
A notification of the Interior Ministry stated that Cheema has beenblacklisted due to the probe against him.
Moreover, seven other citizens have also been put on the blacklist by theministry.