Observer Report
Islamabad
An Accountability Court
on Monday indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Principal Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad and his family members, in the assets beyond means case.
AC Judge Muhamad Akmal Khan presided over the hearing of the case against Fawad and his family members, wherein the court rejected the bail pleas of the accused.
Those indicted besides Fawad were Rabab Hassan, Waqar Hassan and Anjum Hassan. All of them pleaded not guilty. The court has summoned witnesses for statements against the accused at the next hearing.
In January, the Lahore High Court granted bail to Fawad in the said case, and directed him to submit surety bonds worth Rs10 million to avail the bail. An LHC division bench – comprising Justice Muhammad Tariq Abbasi and Justice Chaudhry Mushtaq Ahmad – heard the post-arrest bail petition filed by Fawad.
As the proceedings resumed, Fawad’s counsel argued that the National Accountability Bureau arrested his client in 2018, but he was still to be indicted in the case.