Existi­ng remand of Rafiqu­e brothe­rs expire­s todayLAHORE : An accountability court on Saturday extended the physical remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Saad Rafique and brother Salman Rafique in the Paragon Housing Society case till January 19. Court extends Rafique’s remand period by 15 daysThe accused were presented before the court on Saturday after their existing remand had expired. The court accepted the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) application and gave the extension. Rafique brothers’ NAB nightmare comes trueThe Rafique brothers were arrested by NAB from the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) premises on December 11 when the high court declined their request for an extension in pre-arrest bail. Saad Rafique hints at joining hands with PPPNAB while revealing grounds of their arrest had stated that the former railways minister in connivance with his wife Ghazala Saad Rafique Butt, brother Salman Rafique, and Qaiser Amin Butt, Nadeem Zia started a housing project named Air Avenue.

Source: The Express Tribune January 05, 2019 09:45 UTC