LAHORE – Lahore High Court (LHC) announces verdict in former PM NawazSharif Principal Secretary Fawad Hasan Fawad bail plea.
LHC on Tuesday has approved bail of former Prime Minister (PM) NawazSharif’s principal secretary Fawad Hasan Fawad in illegal assets case.
During the hearing, Fawad’s lawyer told the court that his client wasarrested in 2018 but no indictment proceeding was carried out against him.
The court remarked why National Acocuntability Bureau (NAB) has notapprehended the three benami suspects in connection with the case untilnow. The one having nothing on his name was taken into custody, JusticeTariq Abbasi stated.
Fawad’s bail was earlier rejected on the basis of investigation but now, acomplete reference exposing everything is present in the court, the lawyerstated.
Meanwhile, NAB prosecutor said that Fawad Hasan Fawad has used hisrelatives name to hide the properties.
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The court asked about the arrest of those possessing all the assets overwhich, the anti-graft watchdog prosecutor stated that the company havingall the assets has nothing in its bank account.
Subsequently, the court ordered to release Fawad over surety bond worth Rs1million.
The principal secretary of the former prime minister was arrested on July5, 2018 in the Ashiyana-i-Iqbal scam. However, later investigations beganinto his assets beyond known sources of income on August 3, 2018.
