A special bench of the Islamabad High Court has granted bail to Pakistan People’s Party supremo Asif Ali Zardari on medical grounds.
The former president was asked to submit surety bonds worth Rs 10 million in order to get bail. The IHC admitted a bail plea to the former president last week on medical grounds in the fake accounts case initiated against him by the National Accountability Bureau. In the plea, Zardari details that he was suffering from a heart condition and diabetes. Zardari had been arrested by NAB on June 10 after cancellation of his pre-arrest bail. Last month, Zardari had been transferred from judicial custody at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad after his health deteriorated. In the proceedings held today into the bail petition filed by Zardari, Farooq Naek, the counsel for the former president, submitted the medical reports of the Pakistan Peoples Party chief to the court. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Amir Farooq presided the hearing. Additional Prosecutor General Jahanzeb Bharwana and Deputy Prosecutor General Manzar Abbas NAB presented themselves before the court on behalf of the accountability bureau. Upon the directions of the bench, NAB prosecutors read the medical report of Zardari. Keep up to date with more news at ProperGaanda: Meesha Shafi approaches Supreme Court after LHC dismissal of harassment claims