FIA arrested ex-CJP’s son-in-law from Dubai after NAB issued his arrest warrants.
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 26th September, 2018) The son-in-law of former chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Murtaza Amjad, has been arrested from Dubai in the Eden Housing scam.
Speaking to media in Islamabad on Wednesday, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry revealed that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officials arrested ex-CJP’s son-in-law from Dubai after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had issued his arrest warrants.
“We have made a big breakthrough in the Eden Housing scam,” the minister said.
He further claimed that the father-in-law of Ifikhar Chauhdry’s daughter is the owner of the housing scheme which is why “Iftikhar Chaudhry had heard the cases pertaining to the housing scheme himself and granted them relief".
“Some 200 to 300 families were affected by the scam and thousands of people invested their hard-earned money in it but were deceived,” Chaudhry added.
He further said, “The ex-CJP’s son, Arsalan Iftikhar, his daughter and his son-in-law's father are also accused in the case.”
Vowing that all accused in the case will be arrested soon, the information minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a final report in the case within 24 hours.
In June, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had written a letter to NAB seeking an investigation against the former chief justice and his family for allegedly defrauding people of billions in Eden Housing scheme in Lahore.
