{"id":38602,"date":"2023-02-03T15:14:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fawadhasanfawad.pk\/fhf\/?p=38602"},"modified":"2023-02-03T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T15:44:58","slug":"nawazs-former-principal-secretary-acquitted-in-assets-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fawadhasanfawad.pk\/fhf\/nawazs-former-principal-secretary-acquitted-in-assets-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Nawaz\u2019s former principal secretary acquitted in assets case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"story-excerpt\"><strong>Lahore accountability court accepts pleas of Fawad Hassan Fawad and others against NAB reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38604 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fawadhasanfawad.pk\/fhf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fawad-Hasan-Fawad-1-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fawadhasanfawad.pk\/fhf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fawad-Hasan-Fawad-1-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fawadhasanfawad.pk\/fhf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fawad-Hasan-Fawad-1-228x146.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.fawadhasanfawad.pk\/fhf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fawad-Hasan-Fawad-1-50x32.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.fawadhasanfawad.pk\/fhf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Fawad-Hasan-Fawad-1-117x75.jpg 117w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 480px, 485px\" \/>An accountability court in Lahore on Thursday acquitted Fawad Hasan Fawad, former principal secretary to deposed premier Nawaz Sharif, and others in assets beyond means case, Express News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in July 2018 arrested Fawad on charges of corruption in Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme scam and three other projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The top anti-graft watchdog had accused Fawad of owning illegal assets worth billions of rupees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the hearing of the case today, the court accepted pleas of the accused and acquitted Fawad, his wife, brother and Dr Anjum Hassan in the case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fawad also served as secretary to former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and was regarded as the most powerful bureaucrat during the last tenure of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2020, the Lahore High Court (LHC) granted bail to Fawad in the assets beyond means case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court had directed him to submit surety bonds worth Rs10 million to avail the bail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An LHC division bench \u2013 comprising Justice Muhammad Tariq Abbasi and Justice Chaudhry Mushtaq Ahmad \u2013 heard the post-arrest bail petition filed by Fawad on January 21, 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the proceedings resumed, Fawad&#8217;s counsel argued that the NAB arrested his client in 2018, but still he was not indicted in the case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He submitted that it was claimed that at the time of arrest, Fawad owned assets worth billions of rupees, but only assets worth Rs108 million were mentioned in the NAB reference.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>Tribune<br \/>\n<strong>Link: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2398999\/nawazs-former-principal-secretary-acquitted-in-assets-case\">https:\/\/tribune.com.pk\/story\/2398999\/nawazs-former-principal-secretary-acquitted-in-assets-case<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore accountability court accepts pleas of Fawad Hassan Fawad and others against NAB reference An accountability court in Lahore on Thursday acquitted Fawad Hasan Fawad, former<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> 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