LAHORE: An accountability court accepted plea of Fawad Hasan Fawad former principal secretary to ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 2018 assets beyond means case. In its verdict, Lahore accountability court ruled charges against Fawad Hasan Fawad in assets beyond means charges could not be proved.

Court accepted his acquittal plea on basis of insufficient evidence. In plea, petitioner argued that National Accountability Bureau inquiry into assets case was illegal as it was beyond its jurisdiction. Fawad said he didn’t want to benefit from amendments approved by Parliament in National Accountability Bureau laws earlier this year. “I seek an early decision on merit in case,” former principal secretary said. In 2018, NAB Lahore launched an investigation against him for allegedly failing to reveal sources of assets worth more than Rs 1.9 billion. It said accused owned an eight-kanal commercial plot and had share in plaza in Rawalpindi.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 03 2023

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