LHC stops ACE from moving against Fawad

ACE DG summoned along with case record on Nov 8

ISLAMABAD:

The Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench has stopped the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) from arresting or taking action against former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry while summoning its director general along with the record of a land fraud case on Nov 8.

Fawad’s brother Faisal Chaudhry Advocate approached the Rawalpindi bench and filed a petition, requesting the court to conduct urgent hearing of the case.

The court restrained the ACE from arresting or taking action against Fawad, summoning the anti-corruption’s DG along with the case record on Nov 8.

The Punjab government and the ACE DG had been made respondents in the petition.