{"id":361048,"date":"2023-10-12T08:48:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T03:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=361048"},"modified":"2023-10-12T08:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T03:48:12","slug":"nab-declares-khawaja-brothers-innocent-in-paragon-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/nab-declares-khawaja-brothers-innocent-in-paragon-case\/","title":{"rendered":"NAB declares Khawaja brothers\u2019 innocent in Paragon case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday declared Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique innocent in Paragon City case. The NAB returned the reference against Khawaja brothers to the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) adding that no evidence of corruption found against them. \u201cParagon Housing Society was approved by the Aziz Bhatti Town, not by the LDA,\u201d NAB said in its report to the court. \u201cThe bureau not required to pursue the case further,\u201d the bureau stated. \u201cThe case should be sent to the LDA, which have to redress complaints as regulator,\u201d accountability watchdog said. Accountability Judge Qamar uz Zaman directed the LDA to address complaints in Paragon Housing Society project adding that four affected persons remaining while all others have been given plots. The NAB in the reference said that Saad Rafique and others had launched a housing project named Air Avenue, which was later renamed to Paragon City (Pvt) Ltd. 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