NAB had initially summoned Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother on March 22, but the railways minister had requested the accountability bureau to postpone the questioning. Photo: file

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LAHORE: Federal Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique is appearing today (Wednesday) before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore in an investigation pertaining to housing scam. 

NAB Lahore has summoned the federal minister and his brother, provincial minister Khawaja Salman Rafique, in relation to a corruption probe into a private housing scheme reportedly owned by them in Lahore.

Saad Rafique requests NAB to postpone questioning in housing scam

Railways minister had been summoned in reference to a corruption probe into a private housing scheme in Lahore

NAB had initially summoned Rafique and his brother on March 22, but the railway minister had requested the accountability bureau to postpone the questioning.

While speaking to Geo News, Rafique had shared that he received the NAB summons on March 22. ?I am currently in Islamabad and busy with official work. I have to meet the Chinese ambassador as well,? he said, adding that he has sent a letter to the NAB asking to set another date for questioning.

?I am willing to cooperate with NAB and provide them all the details. I will submit a reply to all the questions asked by the accountability bureau.? He also shared that he has been summoned in the probe into Paragon Housing Society.

He further remarked that this is the ?black law? of the NAB and he does not believe in it. ?I will still appear before NAB despite not believing in its black law.?

The anti-corruption body has been probing into corruption allegations against government officials in the province.