An anti-corruption court in Rawalpindi approved the Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party leader Fawad Chaudhry in a case pertaining to the fraud case on Monday.

Special judge Ali Nawaz approved the bail after ordering the IPP leader to submit Rs200,000 of surety bonds.

It merits here to mention that a case pertaining to the Rs3.5 million fraud case. Earlier, the court had sent the former minister to the Adiala Jail on judicial remand.

Last week, the National Accountability Bureau sought Chaudhry’s arrest for “misusing authority” in a construction project as an Islamabad court granted it permission to arrest him.

While talking to reporters outside the Lahore High Court, Fawad’s brother Faisal Chaudhry said that the IPP leader would contest the election but a decision on the ballot symbol would be decided later. “This will be a surprise.”