LAHORE, March 16: Government of Punjab has suspended former Director General (DG) of Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Ahad Cheema for a period of three months on Friday weeks after he was nabbed in Ashiana Housing Scheme corruption probe.
Ahad Cheema’s suspension from government service has come in less than a month after he was arrested by law enforcers late February in a corruption probe.
Earlier in January, Punjab chief minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif appeared before National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Ashiana Housing Scheme case.
NAB’s action earlier this year after complaints surfaced regarding an ‘illegal deal’ between Paragon Housing Scheme and the Punjab Land Development Company (PLDC).
The bureau had alleged that over Rs1.2 billion loss was caused to the national treasure in violation of the rules and regulations.
Ashiana Housing Scheme was an initiative of the Punjab government to provide economical residential facilities to the people with low-incomes. The provincial authorities had invested Rs 2 billion while acquiring 672 kanal land of Baba Noor Shah shrine.-Agencies
