The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday included former army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s brother Amjad Kayani in investigation of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) land scam.
The Bureau has got hold of the record of the DHA land scam.
Meanwhile Amjad Kayani stated that none of his brothers was involved in the scam.
He said neither Ashfaq Parvez Kayani nor Kamran Kayani had anything to do with the crime. He however added that Kamran was residing in Dubai and would present himself before the authorities whenever required.
Earlier on January 11, Amjad had denounced the accusations levelled against his brothers. He had said that he was ready for an individual investigation of the land scam.
Meanwhile, the NAB has decided to get extension in physical remand of the accused Brigadier (r) Javed Iqbal, Col (r) Sabahat Qadeer and Waseem Aslam.
The Bureau is pursuing a reference against Kamran Kayani, Hammad Arshad, owner of Globaco (Pvt) Ltd and Muhammad Hussain among others. Irregularities of Rs 16 billion in land allotments for development projects in Defence area have been detected.
Both Kayani and Arshad had given contracts to erect a housing scheme in Defence area. However, the alleged culprits pocketed billions of rupees and deprived the project of funds but some.
