Times of Islamabad

Asif Ali Zardari may be arrested on Monday: Report

Asif Ali Zardari may be arrested on Monday: Report

*KARACHI – Former President Asif Ali Zardari may be arrested tomorrow onMonday if the Banking Court rejects his interimbail plea.*

*Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Sundayhas confirmed that former president Asif Ali Zardari will do appear beforethe banking court on Monday in the money laundering case.*

The court had extended the former president’s interim bail last month.

The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe into mega moneylaundering scam had filed its report in the Supreme Court last month.

The JIT report pointed out involvement of Zardari in money-launderingthrough fake bank accounts.

Pointing towards an expected alliance between the PPP and the PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz, Khursheed Shah said, “Nothing is the final word inpolitics.” He relayed that Zardari and convicted former prime ministerNawaz Sharif will definitely hold a meeting.

However, he said, they did not have an agenda to take down the government.

“Democracy is the real power in the country. The decisions taken outsidethe parliament always lead to destruction. We will have to take decisionsby remaining within the constitution and the parliament,” he said.