RAWALPINDI: The Accountability court got in session today to continue hearing Mega Money Laundering and Park Lane references against former President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardi and his sister Faryal Talpur, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
The court extended the judicial remands of both politicians till November 26 whereas an argument ensued in the court among the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor and Sardar Ayaz Latif Khosa, representing Asif Ali Zardari.
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Khosa demanded that his client be shifted to a hospital in Karachi rather than being kept in the hospitals of Islamabad, Rawalpindi.
The court and NAB prosecutor both maintained that such orders were the prerogative of the executive body and only they could make a decision on the request.
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The court then reserved its verdict on the request for shifting Asif Ali Zardari to Karachi for further treatment, shortly disclosing it as negative. The court overruled the request and told the former president to stay where he is.
Earlier on October 22, Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur were produced before the court presided over by Judge Muhammad Bashir this morning after completion of their previous judicial remand of 14 days.
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Zardari and Faryal Talpur are among 30 accused nominated in the reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau.
Heavy contingents of police were deployed around the Judicial Complex in Islamabad during hearing of the case when former president and his sister were produced in the court.