Ahsan Iqbal handed over to NAB on 13-day physical remand in Narowal Sports City case.

ISLAMABAD -- An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) a 13-day remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal in connection with the Narowal Sports City corruption case.

A day earlier, the former interior minister had been arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as he appeared before it in relation to an ongoing inquiry into the case.

The anti-graft body had in July 2018 started investigating the sports complex, which was built at the staggering cost of over Rs3 billion.

During today's hearing, the NAB prosecutor informed the court about the reasons why Iqbal was taken into custody and sough his 14-day remand.

According to NAB documents which are available with Geo News, the cost of the project was increased without approval from the competent authority.

Iqbal was accused of bypassing Central Development Working Party in this regard and taking a decision on his own without adopting the stated procedure in the Development Manual of the Planning Commission.

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