ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) turned down a request seeking directions for a trial court to expeditiously decide a bail application filed by former minister Fawad Chaudhry.
IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the application that stated that Islamabad Accountability Court-I judge was not hearing the bail application submitted by Fawad Chaudhry who is currently incarcerated in connection with a corruption case.
The application requested the IHC to order the accountability court to hear the bail plea urgently.
Turning down the request, Justice Farooq said that the accountability court justice Muhammad Bashir was ill and that a new judge Nasir Javed Rana has recently replaced him.
Fawad Chaudhry’s lawyer requests court
When Fawad Chaudhry’s counsel requested the court to direct the newly appointed judge to address the application, the IHC top judge said that this would not be appropriate as Rana is a senior jurist.
Wait till the next hearing of the case, If the trial court does not address the application, then IHC will issue directions, he said.
