Islamabad: Former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry was arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in a corruption case.
NAB Chairman Lt-Gen (retd) Nazir Ahmed Butt had signed an arrest warrant for Chaudhry after which he was taken into custody from Adiala jail, where he was incarcerated in a fraud case.
According to the warrant, the former information minister was arrested in a corruption case and will be produced before a court. Fawad was arrested from his Islamabad residence on November 4 (Saturday) after a complaint was filed against him in Islamabad’s Aabpara Police Station for taking Rs5 million bribe in exchange for a job