Faryal Talpur seeks postponement of physical remand, submits plea

ISLAMABAD/PAKISTAN: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) stalwart and sister of the former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari submitted a plea in the court of law seeking postponement of her physical remand, ARY News reported on Wednesday.

According to details, the request states that a session of the Sindh Assembly is to take place on August 5 while Talpur’s physical remand ends on August 8.

Talpur who is a member of the provincial assembly in Sindh and has production orders issued in her name for assembly appearances has claimed that she is lawfully allowed to attend the proceedings.

Talpur has argued that the appearance would interfere in the physical remand and court orders and hence to avoid a clash the dates need to be postponed.

The court has issued a notice on the matter to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the court has sought comments from the anti-graft watchdog on the matter.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday approached the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to disqualify former president Asif Ali Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur as member of the Sindh Assembly.

As per details, the plea was submitted by PTI MPAs, Arsalan Taj and Rabia Azfar to the Provincial Election Commission Sindh, requesting it to disqualify Talpur as member of the provincial legislature over not disclosing her three properties in her nomination papers.

Talking to media Taj said he had submitted a resolution against Talpur with the Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani on June 22, but despite the passage of a month, due action has not been taken into the matter.

Arsalan Taj had submitted a reference to the speaker, stating the PPP MPA had not declared her three properties in her nomination papers, requesting him to act against the lawmaker under the article 62 (f) of the constitution of Pakistan.

Faryal Talpur had not declared her three residences, one in Larkana and two in Shahdadkot during the filing of nomination papers in ECP, he had added.

It may be noted that Faryal Talpur is currently in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over her alleged involvement in the fake bank accounts case.