Fawad Hasan Fawad seeks acquittal in assets case

LAHORE: The principal secretary to former prime ministers, Fawad Hasan Fawad HAS filed an acquittal plea in accountability court (AC) in assets beyond means case.

As per details, the accountability court heard the case against Fawad Hassan in the assets beyond means case.

The TLTP learnt that the petitioner said that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) inquiry into the assets case was illegal as it was beyond NAB jurisdiction. The case registered against the petitioner by NAB was a political case.

The AC accepted the acquittal plea for hearing.

Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) dropped corruption cases against Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif and other Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders following amendments to the NAB ordinance.

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