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Court adjourns hearing of assets case against Ahad Cheema till Oct 17

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LAHORE: An accountability court on Monday adjourned hearing of assets beyond means case against former director general Lahore development authority Ahad Cheema till October 17.

Accountability Court Judge Amjad Nazir Chaudhry conducted the case proceedings wherein the jail officials produced Ahad Cheema.

The court recorded the statement of a witness during the proceedings and summoned further witnesses on the next hearing.

NAB has alleged that Ahad Cheema has accumulated assets in and outside the country beyond his known sources of income.

 It said the illegal assets possessed by Mr Cheema valued over Rs600 million.

The bureaucrat also held benami properties in the names of his wife and other family members, said the reference.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.