Fawad Chaudhry released on bail; daughters joyous after meeting father

• Hiba Chaudhry posts a video of Fawad’s return.
  
• Fawad freed two days after IHC approved his bail.
• Ex-minister embraces his daughters.
  

RAWALPINDI: Former federal minister Fawad Hussain was released from Adiala jail Saturday, two days after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) approved his bail.

He had approached the high court seeking post-arrest bail in all the cases against him.

Hiba Chaudhry, Fawad’s wife, posted a video of his return, wherein the ex-minister can be seen embracing his daughters who were excited to see their father after a long time.

The former minister had been behind bars since November 4, 2023, in multiple cases, after he was arrested from his Islamabad residence in connection with a complaint filed against him at Aabpara Police Station for allegedly taking a Rs5 million bribe in exchange for a job.

On April 1, the high court granted him bail in a case related to misappropriation in construction projects in Jhelum, after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had arrested him in December 2023.

Earlier, in January 2023, Fawad was taken into custody from his residence after he publicly "threatened" the members of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in a media talk outside former PTI chief Imran Khan's residence in Zaman Park.

However, the then-coalition government said it had no hand in the politician's arrest.

The politician, in July 2023, issued an apology to the electoral watchdog for allegedly using "intemperate" language targeting the ECP and Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja.

Fawad was also among the thousands of party workers and leaders who were arrested during the crackdown on the PTI following the May 9 riots during which several military and government installations were attacked.