ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate on Saturday allowed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to interrogate former minister Fawad Hussain

Chaudhry in a case of alleged corruption in the Jehlum-Pind Dadan Khan dual carriageway project.

NAB’s prosecution submitted the application to the judicial magistrate Yasir Mehmood since Fawad Chaudhry is on judicial remand and currently detained in the Adiala jail.

The prosecution adopted before the court that Fawad Chaudhry was involved in corruption and corrupt practices and allegedly used his influence in the purchase of land for the project.

The prosecution informed the judge that the NAB chairman had already issued warrants for the arrest of the ex-minister and requested the court to ask the superintendent of the jail to facilitate the investigation team.

The arrest warrants alleged that Fawad Chaudhry committed an offence under Section 9(a) of the NAB ordinance. It said he be “produced before the court for authorisation of his detention for such period as may be necessary for finalisation of the inquiry”.

Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2023