ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court in Islamabad on Monday extended physical remand of former president Asif Ali Zardari and other key accused for 14 days in Fake Bank Accounts and Money Laundering case.
National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had produced the former president to court amid strict security measures.
Accountability Court No. I took up the case for the first time since Law Ministry was moved for removal of Accountability Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik. Zardari and other accused appeared before the duty judge Mohammad Bashir after the axing of judge Arshad Malik in leaked video scandal.
During the hearing, the Accountability watchdog’s prosecutor sought an extension in former president’s remand for the fourth time.
He said that Anti-graft body did not any conclusive evidence during probe with the former president. However, in a very rare moment, NAB’s plea did not face any sort of objection from the counsel of Asif Ali Zardari.
The court then issued directives of keeping the politician for 14 more days in NAB’s remand, ordering to latter to produce Zardari on July 29.
