The Lahore High Court on Tuesday granted post-arrest bail to former principal secretary to Prime Minister Fawad Hassan Fawad in a reference of illegal assets. Fawad served on different posts during previous government of PML-N till the NAB arrested him on July 5, 2018, in Ashiana-i-Iqbal Housing scam.

A division bench had granted bail to Fawad and PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif on February 14 in the housing scheme case. However, Fawad was denied bail in the assets case.

During the Tuesday's proceedings, Fawad's counsel Azam Nazir Tarar argued before the bench that the prosecution had not established its allegations so far before the trial court. The counsel also pointed out that the trial court was without a presiding officer since September 2019.