Nearly 1,000 families who invested in a Punjab University housing scheme have been left waiting for a decade, with allegations now surfacing of a multi-billion-rupee fraud that has drawn calls for the chief minister's intervention. Main Developments Office-bearers of the Punjab University Town-III Affectees Association held an emergency press conference on Wednesday in Lahore, alleging a massive fraud in the university's housing scheme. They appealed to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif to take notice of the situation. Association President Dr. Khuram Shahzad and Secretary Dr. Shabbir Sarwar stated that a fact-finding committee had held Dr. Azhar Naeem responsible for the scandal. They claimed his brother, a partner in the project's developer company, received payments of Rs2.70 billion and was given commercial plots worth Rs6 billion free of cost. Read also: Why Punjab's livestock plan targets divorced and widowed women Background The association alleged that the assets of Dr. Azhar Naeem, Dr. Sajid Rashid, and others had grown by millions, while members' plot files remained worthless and unsold in the market. They said development work never began despite the absence of any stay order in the project's first five years. The management was accused of diverting members' deposits for personal gain. The association demanded justice for nearly 1,000 affected families after a ten-year wait. Why It Matters This case highlights the vulnerability of homebuyers in large-scale housing projects when oversight mechanisms fail. The alleged diversion of funds and lack of development work for a decade could erode public trust in university-affiliated schemes. What's Next The association has appealed to the chief minister for intervention. No official response from the Punjab government or the university administration has been reported yet.