The accountability court in Islamabad reserved its verdict on a plea filed by former president Asif Ali Zardari seeking his transfer to Karachi for medical treatment and extended the PPP co-chairman and his sister Faryal Talpur’s judicial remand till November 26 in fake accounts case.
Faryal Talpur, sister of Asif Ali Zardari, produced before court, while Zardari was not presented due to health condition. The court extended the judicial remand of the former president and his sister till November 26 in the money laundering through fake bank accounts case.
Meanwhile, an argument ensued in the court among the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor and Sardar Ayaz Latif Khosa, representing Asif Ali Zardari. Khosa demanded that his client be shifted to a hospital in Karachi rather than being kept in the hospitals of Islamabad, Rawalpindi.
The court and NAB prosecutor both maintained that such orders were the prerogative of the executive body and only they could make a decision on the request.
The court reserved its verdict on shifting Asif Ali Zardari to Karachi and will announce a verdict on the matter at a later date. Meanwhile, the court extended judicial remand of both PPP leaders till Nov. 26 and asked the accountability watchdog to produce them again in the court upon expiry of the remand.
Earlier, platelets of former president Asif Zardari also started dropping at Pakistan Institutes of Medical Sciences (PIMS).
