On Friday, an accountability court in Lahore rejected a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) request seeking a 15-day extension in PML-N leader Khawaja Asif's physical remand and issued orders for 14-day judicial remand instead.
Khawaja Asif had been arrested by the anti-graft watchdog on December 30, 2020 from outside Ahsan Iqbal's residence in Islamabad where he had come to attend a party meeting. NAB said the former defence minister was arrested in a case pertaining to accumulating assets beyond known sources of income.
The bureau presented Khawaja Asif before the accountability court's Judge Jawad ul Hassan today and sought a 15-day extension in his physical remand.
Khawaja Asif's counsel argued however that the accountability watchdog has finished the inquiry and is in possession of all records. The counsel further informed the accountability court that his client was cleared by the Supreme Court for holding an Iqamah in 2018 when PTI leader Usman Dar challenged his candidacy for the National Assembly.
The counsel contended that Khawaja Asif has already admitted to being employed by a company overseas, adding that the NAB should provide in writing what it wanted to investigate.
