



When the contract was awarded to Globaco and Elysium Holding, General Kayani was the country’s army chief.Ĭrown Plaza purchase: FIA arrests key suspect in EOBI scam However, Kamran and Hammad ‘played dirty’ and embezzled the hard earned money of the general public, they said.ĭHA sources said Kamran played the lead role in getting the project due to his ‘obvious’ closeness to concerned quarters. This prompted DHA to lodge a formal complaint against Kamran Kayani and Hammad Arshad with NAB.Īccording to DHA officials, the housing authority accepted the offer in good faith. However, they failed to deliver the plots to soldiers and families of shuhada and general public even after six years. Gen Kayani’s brother Kamran Kayani of Elysium Holding and Hammad Arshad of Globaco offered their services to facilitate DHA Lahore to carry out the project by acquiring land. Urban dilemma: ‘DHA City’s failure to account for maids will lead to katchi abadis’ The DHA City project was launched in 2009 primarily to accommodate and facilitate the families of “shuhada (martyrs), war wounded and soldiers of Pakistan armed forces by allotting them small size plots in recognition of their services for the country.” The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has launched an investigation against the brother of former army chief General (retd) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani over his alleged role in a Rs17 billion Defence Housing Authority (DHA) City Lahore scam.
