Fawad Chaudhary to contest elections from jail: Hiba

Rawalpindi: Hiba Fawad, the wife of Pakistani politician Fawad Chaudhry, declared on Wednesday that her husband intended to contest the upcoming election despite being incarcerated.

Hiba announced that she would run the election campaign for her husband in the constituency concerned.

She expressed these words while talking to the reporters outside Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.

The wife of Fawad Chaudhary stressed that no other candidate would run on Fawad Chaudhry's ticket, expressing dissatisfaction with the conduct of Faisal Chaudhry and suggesting the possibility of legal action.

فواد چوہدری جہلم سے الیکشن لڑیں گے اور میں کل سے انکی کمپین شروع کرنے لگی ہوں، 75 سالہ ملکی تاریخ میں میں نے کبھی نہیں دیکھا کہ ساری عدلیہ کیس کا ٹرائل سننے اڈیالہ جیل آئی ہو،حبا فواد چوہدری۔۔۔!!! pic.twitter.com/AOhRZaEPZs

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Hiba mentioned that the proceedings related to the contempt of the election commission case against the former PTI chairman and Fawad Chaudhry had been postponed until December 19.

Expressing a concern about the distance she has to cover within the jail to reach her husband, she called on the IG jail to address the issue.