Eden Housing fraud: Court disposes of bail plea of Murtaza Amjad.

LAHORE -- An accountability court on Wednesday disposed of a bail application, filed by an accused, Murtaza Amjad, in multi-billion Eden Housing fraud case.

Accountability Court Judge Sheikh Sajjad Ahmad heard the bail application. The accused appeared before the court on expiry of his interim bail, during the proceedings.

To a court query, the National Accountability Bureau's investigation officer submitted that NAB did not require the custody of the accused. He submitted that Anjum Amjad, widow of the accused Dr Amjad and mother of the accused, had made a plea bargain with the bureau on behalf of all accused.

At this stage, Murtaza's counsel submitted that Rs 1 billion were given to the bureau at the time of approval of the plea bargain...

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