Zardari, Talpur decide to appear before IHC tomorrow: sources

ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur have decided to appear before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday (April 10) in the fake accounts case, ARY News reported.

The court onMarch 28 had granted pre-arrest bail to Asif Zardari and Faryal Talpur till April 10 against surety bonds of Rs1 million each.

According to sources,  the Pakistan People’s Party leaders decided to appear before the court after consulting their legal team.

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Zardari, his sister and other accused are facing charges of laundering more than Rs35 billion through fake bank accounts. Zardari’s close aides Hussain Lawai and Anwar Majeed have also been nominated in the scam. They both are in judicial custody.

Last month, a banking court in Karachi transferred the money laundering case against the former president, his sister and others to Rawalpindi on a request by NAB.

The court also cancelled the interim bail of the 19 suspects, including the PPP leaders in the case.  The court directed the authorities to return surety amount to the suspects.

Earlier, on March 28, an Islamabad High Court (IHC) bench, comprising Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, had approved pre-arrest bail for the PPP co-chairman and his sister against a surety of Rs1 million each.