According to sources, Preparations have been completed to bring former president Asif Ali Zardari to Karachi from Islamabad via a chartered flight on Wednesday.
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted bail to the former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on medical grounds in two cases filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on money laundering allegations.
According to a medical report, Former President Asif Ali Zardari suffers from several diseases including heart disease, he is also suffering from diabetes.
A VIP room has been prepared for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader where he will be treated. A six-member medical board will oversee his treatment which will be headed by Professor Nadeem Qamar.
During the course of the hearing, the NAB submitted Zardari’s medical report prepared by a five-member medical board, which was constituted on IHC’s orders to examine the health condition of the former president.
The former president was asked to submit surety bonds worth Rs 10 million in order to get bail, according to reports. Zardari was under the National Accountability Bureau’s custody in a case pertaining to mega-money laundering through fake bank accounts case.
In October, Zardari was transferred from judicial custody at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad after his health deteriorated. (04)
