Fawad Chaudhry hands over to anti-corruption on transit remand

• ACE case against Fawad Chaudhry heard in local court of Islamabad.
• Prosecutor Adnan Ali requested one-day transit remand.
• Fawad Chaudhry’s lawyer said country is not running according to law.

ISLAMABAD: The court handed over Fawad Chaudhry, leader of the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) to Anti-Corruption on a one-day transit remand.

Anti-Corruption Punjab case against Fawad Chaudhry was heard in the District and Sessions Courts of Islamabad, in which anti-corruption police presented Fawad Chaudhry handcuffed to the court while National Accountability Bureau(NAB) Prosecutor Adnan Ali and Fawad Chaudhry’s brother Faisal Chaudhry appeared in court.

During the hearing, Judge Qazi Majid said that the anti-corruption department of Punjab needs Fawad Chaudhry’s transit remand. On this, Faisal Chaudhry said that Fawad is a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and added that the country is not running according to the constitution and law.

The plaintiff against Fawad Chaudhry is a resident of Rawalpindi, what new notice has been given to Fawad Chaudhry by the anti-corruption department.

Meanwhile, Prosecutor Adnan Ali requested a one-day transit remand and said that the bail cannot be filed in Islamabad because Fawad Chaudhry is under arrest, the merits of the case cannot be decided at the stage of remand.

Later, at the request of the prosecution, the court reserved the decision on the transitory remand of Fawad Chaudhry, which was pronounced after some time, and accepted the request of the prosecution.

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The court handed over Fawad Chaudhry to anti-corruption on a one-day transit remand.