Former federal minister for science and technology, Fawad Chaudhry, was released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi late on Friday night, as confirmed by his brother, Faisal Chaudhry.
A division bench of the Islamabad High Court, consisting of Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, granted bail to Fawad Chaudhry on April 1 in a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case related to land in Jhelum.
Fawad’s counsel, Qasir Imam, argued before the court that his client was accused of accepting a Rs5 million bribe from a citizen. He stated that the allegation claimed his client offered the complainant a job in exchange for the bribe, yet he had never encountered the complainant upon whose complaint a First Information Report (FIR) was filed against his client.
Earlier this year, an accountability court in Islamabad had dismissed Fawad Chaudhry’s bail plea in a corruption case related to misappropriation in construction projects in Jhelum.
After his release, Fawad Chaudhry, along with his group, announced the boycott of the general elections 2024.
