LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday rejected acquittal pleas of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Khawaja Saad Rafique and Khawaja Salman Rafique in the Paragon housing society scam. They asked the court to set aside the indictment of the petitioners and acquit them of the charges. NAB prosecutor Hafiz Asadullah Awan had opposed the acquittal applications and argued that there were rulings by the Supreme Court that the trial court could not entertain such appeals after the indictment. According to NAB reference, Khawaja brothers are accused of wrongfully gaining approximately Rs18.2 million from M/S Paragon City (Pvt) Limited in their bank accounts. Rejecting the applications today, the accountability court summoned witnesses to present their testimonies against the duo in the next hearing.

Source: Pakistan Today October 16, 2019 09:45 UTC