ISLAMABAD: *Islamabad High Court announces verdict in former President AsifAli Zardari bail petition on medical grounds.*
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has approved the bail petition of formerpresident and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari onmedical grounds.
The petitioner has been directed to submit Rs10 million surety bonds in thecourt. Asif Ali Zardari is facing corruption charges and currently, he isin the PIMS hospital owing to his worsening health.
A two-member special bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) comprisingChief Justice IHC, Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Aamir Farooq heardthe bail plea of Asif Ali Zardari seeking his release on medical grounds.
During the hearing, the medical report of the former president waspresented before the court.
“Will you oppose his bail petition after getting the medical report?,”remarked the IHC chief justice.
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CJ IHC Justice Athar Minallah asked National Accountability Bureau (NAB)prosecutor Jahanzaib Bharwana to review the medical report of thepetitioner. The chief justice directed the prosecutor to read it out loudin the courtroom.
Bharwana read the report which stated the symptoms of diseases andrecommended immediate medical treatment to the patient. The report wasprepared by the medical board of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences(PIMS) Hospital constituted over directives of the court.
Later, the IHC bench approved the bail plea of Asif Ali Zardari on medicalgrounds.
The high court bench, in the same hearing, proceeded the pre-arrest bailpetition of Zardari’s sibling Faryal Talpur. However, the hearing of bailpetition of Talpur was adjourned till December 17.
