Justice Ali Baqir Najifi and Justice Qasim headed the two-member bench and have rejected Ahad Cheema’s plea to grant him bail. According to reports, security at the court premises was beefed up before Ahad Cheema’s appearance in court. Ahad Cheema and Bismillah Engineering’s Shahid Shafiq were presented before the accountability court judge Najmul Hasan. LHC reconstitutes bench to hear Ahad Cheema caseFormer chief of Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC) Imtiaz Haider and Bilal Qidwai were also presented for an added 15-day physical remand. During the hearing, counsel for NAB remarked that Ahad Cheema had a strong affiliation with Paragon’s Nadeem Zia and he should have been a part of the hearing.

Source: The Express Tribune April 03, 2018 07:41 UTC