Over 50 people will be imprisoned: Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Friday claimed that over 50 people will be imprisoned.

A day earlier, the information minister during his appearance on Geo News show 'Capital Talk' said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz will definitely go to prison again.

Earlier today, Nawaz’s counsel Khawaja Haris urged an accountability court in Islamabad to take notice of Chaudhry’s statement following which he took to Twitter to respond.

“Khawaja Haris is a senior lawyer and had he not taken millions in fee he would have also agreed that Nawaz should be sentenced,” Chaudhry wrote.

“It is unfortunate that such full-proof cases take years to wrap up. The opposition neither has leadership nor vision and only politics to save money is taking place,” he added.

“Over 50 will be imprisoned,” the information minister further said.

Nawaz’s counsels urged an accountability court in Islamabad to take notice of Chaudhry’s statement.

As accountability court Judge Arshad Malik heard the Flagship Investment reference, Nawaz’s counsel, Advocate Zubair Khalid, said, “A minister has said that the former premier will 100% go to prison again. The case’s decision is about to be announced, so how then did he know that Nawaz will be sentenced?”

Nawaz’s counsel contended that a notice be issued to the information minister and he be summoned. “If a notice is not taken regarding the statement then the court’s credibility will be damaged,” he asserted.

Further, Khawaja Haris also urged the court to take notice of Chaudhry’s statement. “A transcript of his statement should be summoned,” Haris said.