ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Monday approached the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking an interim bail in a fresh graft inquiry pertaining to a New York apartment allegedly owned by him.
PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari filed a bail petition in the IHC after the National Accountability Bureau served a notice on him along with a questionnaire to provide information about his Belair apartment.
Medical reports of Zardari were attached with his plea. He requested the court to suspend the bureau’s call-up notice and grant him pre-arrest bail until the trial of the case is concluded. He cited the NAB chairman and director general as respondents in the bail petition. Zardari is facing a number of graft references stemming from the fake bank accounts scam. He is currently out on bail in all these cases.
Awami National Party chief Senator Aimal Wali Khan was first speaker to raise the matter
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Court further directed that after transfer of the money, the account should be closed
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IHC also ordered that relevant officer of interior ministry to appear in person at next hearing
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