LAHORE, Dec 11 (INP): The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday detained Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Salman Rafique in connection to the Paragon Housing Society scam.

The PML-N leader and his brother were detained after the Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected their request for an extension in their pre-arrest bail.

A two-judge bench headed by Justice Tariq Abbasi heard the petition of the brothers seeking an extension in their pre-arrest bail. Initially, the court extended their bail till December 13, however, the bench later rejected their petitions.

Following the LHC's decision, NAB took the brothers into custody.

NAB had summoned the former railways minister and his brother on October 16 in a case related to the Paragon Housing scam. The two brothers had moved the Islamabad High Court to provide protective bail which the latter had rejected and advised the petitioners to approach the LHC.

The LHC had earlier granted the brothers interim bail and they had appeared before NAB multiple times in connection to the Paragon Housing Society scam.

Rafique brothers' petition against NAB DG Lahore Further, the two-judge bench also heard Rafique brothers' petition to transfer their case from NAB DG Lahore Saleem Shahzad.

Last month, the PML-N leader had requested NAB chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal to transfer their case to another bureau as Shahzad was "no longer an independent person" and could not be trusted to conduct a transparent inquiry.

During today'd hearing, the NAB prosecutor informed the court, “NAB chairman has rejected their petition."

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