ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday granted interim pre-arrest bail to former president and PPPP President Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur till April 10 in the fake bank account case against surety bonds of Rs1 million each.
A division bench of the court, comprising Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, resumed hearing of the petitions filed by Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur seeking pre-bail. The court approved the pre-bail of Zardari and his sister and accepted Zardari’s request to submit a total of Rs4 million in cash. Talpur was directed to submit surety bond of Rs1 million.
The petitioners requested the court to order the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) not to arrest them, as the authority had sent them call-up notice to appear before its investigation team.
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