Islamabad Mar 8 (TNS): The Supreme Court on Thursday summoned Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on March 10 in a case pertaining to the Paragon City scam.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar conducted hearing of the case and directed Rafique to clarify his position in connection with the Paragon City issue.
Brig (reted) Majeed Riaz appeared in the apex court on behalf of owners of the Paragon City but the the chief remarked that they had summoned the owners and not the employees in the case.
On February 2, NAB officials raided the office of Paragon City and took important files and laptops into their custody. The raid was carried out in connection with the probe against the alleged irregularities in Ashiana Housing Scheme.
The NAB has expanded the ongoing investigation against financial irregularities in Ashiana Housing Scheme and LDA City projects.
The NAB has already taken contractor Shahid Shafique and former LDA director-general Ahad Cheema in the mega scam.
