LAHORE, Feb 16 (INP): An accountability court extended the judicial remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Khawaja Salman Rafique in connection to the Paragon Housing scam case by 16 days.

After their remand ended on Saturday (February 16), the Khawaja brothers were presented before the accountability court which granted a 16-day extension in their judicial remand.

During hearing of the case, the accountability court judge Syed Najmul Hasan inquired about progress in the reference against the Khawaja brothers.

"Paragon Housing reference will be presented before 90 days are complete," the investigation officer informed the court.

Ordering that a final report be submitted against the Khawaja brothers, the court directed the investigation officer to "work fast and file a reference".

Meanwhile, talking to the media outside the court after the hearing, Saad Rafique said, "Today I was brought in an armoured vehicle which looked like it was 60 years old and it took us one hour to get to the court."

He further stated, "The pain in my leg has also increased as the armoured vehicle kept jerking." "The government will not always remain in power and what they are doing is wrong," the PML-N leader asserted.

Earlier on February 02, the accountability court had sent the Khawaja brothers to jail on 14-day judicial remand after rejecting the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) request for an extension in their physical remand.

Saad and Salman Rafique were taken into custody by NAB on December 11 after their request for bail was turned down by the Lahore High Court (LHC).

INP/SB