An accountability court in Islamabad on Monday turned down a plea by lawyer of former
president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari seeking permission to meet his client inside the jail on another day instead of the fixed day for meetings.
T
he court had earlie
r ruled that the
PPP leader, who is in the judicial custody in Adiala jail, can meet his children and close relatives on Mondays.
Advocate Chaudhry Riaz contended before t
he court that Farooq H Naek co
uldn’t meet the former
president on Monday owing to his personal engagements. He pleaded t
he court to permit him to meet the
PPP leader on another day instead. Accountability Judge Muhammad Bashir, rejecting the request, directed the lawyer to hold a meeting with the
PPP leader on the fixed day for meetings.
Previously, t
he court had rejected an application seeking meetings of Zardari with his relatives twice a week. The judge had ruled that the
PPP leader can meet his children and close relatives on Mondays. T
he court, however, fixed Saturday as the day for meeting with former
president’s sister Faryal Talpur.
Meanwhile, former director general of parks Liaquat Qaimkhani was on Monday handed over to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on 14-day physical remand in the fake account case. The former DG parks was presented before an accountability court in Islamabad after the end of his two-day remand. The NAB prosecutor, while insisting for 14-day remand during t
he course of the hearing, told t
he court that as DG parks Qaimkhani carried out illegal allotments and during his tenure, Bagh ibne Qasim land came into illegal occupation of Galaxy International and it was kept out of the record of the garden as well.
The anti-graft body prosecutor prayed to t
he court that 14-day remand of the accused be given so that
he could be investigated on the recovery of assets from his home worth billions of rupees. The accused requested t
he court that he be provided with home food and a family member in the jail as he is a diabetic and takes insulin at night daily.
Later, hearing of the case adjourned till October 7.
Separately, an accountability court on Monday fixed October 1 to indict former aviation adviser Sardar Mehtab Khan Abbasi and former secretary aviation Irfan Elahi over charges of illegal appointments made in the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
Abbasi and Ellahi appeared before t
he court and copies of the reference were provided to them. T
he court after fixing October 1 to indict the accused in the reference adjourned the hearing.
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