36 cases against Fawad: IG informs court

Lahore: The Inspector General (IG) Punjab Dr. Usman Anwar and the provincial government presented the details of the cases filed against former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry in the court.

A two-member bench headed by Justice Alia Neelam of Lahore High Court (LHC) heard the petition filed for details of cases against Fawad Chaudhry, in which Punjab government's lawyer, IG Punjab and others appeared in the court.

During the hearing, on the inquiry of the court, the lawyer Punjab government said that 40 cases were registered against Fawad Chaudhry out of which four have been dismissed, now 36 cases remain.

The IG Punjab also informed the court that 36 cases were registered against Fawad Chaudhry, on which the court asked if he was not named in any other case? On the inquiry of the court, IG Punjab said that apart from these cases, Fawad Chaudhry is not named in any case.

IG Punjab Usman Anwar stated that Fawad Chaudhry did not file interim bail in these cases, on which the court asked if you will give him a chance to file interim bail. On this IG Punjab replied yes they will give them a chance.

The court gave one week's time to Fawad Chaudhry to file bail.

During the hearing, Justice Alia Neelam said to IG Punjab that today you are smiling a lot, to which IG Usman Anwar replied: ‘I have been appearing in you court for 12 years, today I did not hear any sarcastic phrases from you’.