NAB decides to challenge Fawad Hassan Fawad's bail in SC

The court ordered to release Fawad over surety bond worth Rs1 million.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Following the bail approval of Fawad Hassan Fawad in illegal assets case, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to challenge the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision in the Supreme Court.

According to sources, the anti-graft watchdog will immediately appeal for the cancellation of Fawad’s bail following the approval of NAB chairman Justice Javed Iqbal.

It is pertinent to mention that Lahore High Court (LHC) has approved bail of former Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif’s principal secretary Fawad Hasan Fawad in illegal assets case.

During the hearing, Fawad’s lawyer told the court that his client was arrested in 2018 but no indictment proceeding was carried out against him.

The court remarked why National Acocuntability Bureau (NAB) has not apprehended the three benami suspects in connection with the case until now. The one having nothing on his name was taken into custody, Justice Tariq Abbasi stated.

Fawad’s bail was earlier rejected on the basis of investigation but now, a complete reference exposing everything is present in the court, the lawyer stated.

Meanwhile, NAB prosecutor said that Fawad Hasan Fawad has used his relatives name to hide the properties.

The court asked about the arrest of those possessing all the assets over which, the anti-graft watchdog prosecutor stated that the company having all the assets has nothing in its bank account.

Subsequently, the court ordered to release Fawad over surety bond worth Rs1 million.

Reacting to the bail of Fawad Hasan Fawad, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif thanked Almighty Allah and called ex-PM’s principal secretary as an honest, competent and intelligent person.

Such kind of patriotic officials are asset of a country, he added.

The principal secretary of the former prime minister was arrested on July 5, 2018 in the Ashiyana-i-Iqbal scam. However, later investigations began into his assets beyond known sources of income on August 3, 2018.

He was facing charges of accumulating assets worth Rs1089 million with no declared sources of income.

The NAB alleged that Fawad had an “illegal” commercial plot of 5-kanal worth Rs500 million (approx) at Haider Road in Rawalpindi with a value of Rs500 million.

NAB Lahore Regional Board converted ongoing inquiry against accused Fawad Hassan Fawad into investigations on October 12, 2018 whereby after completing the investigations, a reference was sent to NAB Headquarters for approval from Chairman NAB Justice Javed Iqbal and his Executive Board.