LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday extended physical remand of PTI leader and former senior minister Aleem Khan by March 5 in assets beyond means case.NAB officials produced the accused before the court amid tight security and its prosecutor implored the court for extension in physical remand of the accused. The NAB prosecutor said more than 30 people were summoned for investigation in Aleem case but only eight people turned up. The extension in physical remand of the accused is necessary for further investigation, the prosecutor added.The court after hearing NAB’s plea extended physical remand of Aleem Khan by March 5. Monday was a tough day for media men who were covering Aleem’s remand hearing as the reporters were barred from entering in courtroom by the Aleem supporters.NAB claimed that the accused, Aleem Khan, being the secretary Parkview Cooperative Housing Society, a member of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab and Minister for Information Technology, held the public office as defined in Section 5(m) (iii) & (iv) of NAO,1999 and during the period the accused had been involved in the acts of corruption and corrupt practices as defined under Section 9(a) of NAO,1999 by way of accumulating assets beyond known sources of income within Pakistan and outside.Moreover, the accused established multiple companies with the purpose of real estate business and invested millions of rupees. The accused bought more than 900-kanal land in different Mauzas of Lahore in the name of his company M/s A&A Pvt Ltd, and also paid for the said investments, NAB added.NAB further stated that in year 2005 and 2006, apart from the inland assets, accused Abdul Aleem Khan established offshore companies in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and United Kingdom (UK). The said offshore companies acquired assets of extensive value which were beyond known sources of income of the accused.Moreover, it has learnt that Aleem is also facing inquiries related to Parkview Housing Society, River Age Housing Society, and properties at Multan Road. In January, 2018, NAB had sought the record of offshore companies reportedly established in Panama and other tax havens abroad by Aleem Khan and PML-Q’s Chaudhry Moonis Elahi.A Mutual Legal Assistance report related to Khan’s case was provided to NAB Lahore in January 2019 after which he was summoned for February 6 and arrested after he failed to satisfy the investigators.
02-26-2019, 07:12 PM
Aleem?s remand extended till March 5
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