Fawad Chaudhry, senior vice president of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), had his bail granted on Wednesday by an additional sessions court in Islamabad in a sedition case.
The former minister was detained from his Lahore residence on January 25 after a case was filed against him at Islamabad’s Kohsar Police Station. The former minister is accused of sedition for publicly “threaten[ing]]” the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a media interview.
Further Sessions The plea for bail by the former federal minister of information was accepted by Judge Faizan Gillani. Gillani granted the petition with the proviso that Fawad refrain from making similar comments in the future. The bail amount of Rs 20,000 was approved by the court against surety bonds.
