ISLAMABAD, Apr 01 (APP): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday granted post arrest bail to former minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain and ordered for his release in a case pertaining to allotment of land near Jehlum.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri hear
d the bail petition of Chaudhry Fawad in aforesaid matter.
At the outset of hearing, the chief justice expressed annoyance with NAB prosecutor on his statement and said that how a matter of
Rs5 million bribe falls in jurisdiction of NAB. He questioned that what were the main proofs with the NAB against the accused?
Justice Farooq said that the anti-graft watchdog first arreste
d the accused and then wrote to the concern institutions to seek evidence.
Earlier, NAB prosecutor adopte
d the stance that the case was at the inquiry stage and his department has written to the relevant institutions. He said that the prosecution has a witness who claimed that the former minister has taken bribe worth
Rs5 millions in matter of land allotment.
