The District and Session Court of Islamabad on Wednesday awarded the former minister Fawad Chaudhry with 14-day judicial custody. It is to be noted that Federal Minister Chaudhry has been mentioned in the case registered against him for allegedly taking bribe from citizen.
Police teams detained the ex-PTI leader from his residence in Islamabad last week. The FIR lodged against Chaudhary mentioned that, “Fawad was detained in a case registered at the Aabpara police station on August 22, 2022, under sections 109, 186, 188, 341, 506 of the Pakistan Penal Code.”
Along with Former Federal Minister Fawad Chaudhry, AML Chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, current and former PTI Leaders Murad Saeed, Faisal Javaid Khan, Asad Umer, Raja Khurram Nawaz, Ali Nawaz Khan, Faisal Vawda, Shahzad Wasim, Sadaqat Ali Abbasi, Shibli Faraz, Saifullah Khan Niazi, Shehryar Afridi, Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Asad Qaiser, Zahir Abbas Khokhar, Ghulam Sarwar Khan and over 1,000 unidentified people were also booked in the FIR.”
Ahead of the hearing, Former Minister Chaudhary said that there was need for the dialogue among all the political parties in the nation. While raising the question, Fawad said that, “After 50 years in politics, if Nawaz Sharif wins the election in this manner, who will accept him as the prime minister? What kind of a premier would he be?”
Along with this, Fawad Chaudhry also urged the PML-N supremo, who returned to Pakistan last month, to play his part in reducing the political temperature. He added that, “Ayub Khan’s period was good from an economic point of view, but an election in 1965 became a noose around his neck.”
Whereas, on the other hand, the police have also submitted a written application in the court seeking a five-day extension in physical remand of Fawad Chaudhry.
Noting to the above mentioned, the district and sessions court has reserved its verdict and later sent the ex-minister on judicial remand.
