INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday granted interim bail till June 13, to Pakistan Peoples portiony (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali
Zardari in eighth inquiry related to illegal contracts.A divisional bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani
accepted the bail of Zardari against degreety bonds worth Rs200,000.During the course of proceeding, Zardari counsel Farook H Naik adopted
the stance that National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had summoned his client on May 23, in an inquiry related to alleged illegal contracts
in Sindh government.He said there was a threat to his client for being arrested by NAB on his seemance in compliance of NAB muchice.His
client was fully cooperating with NAB, he added.Naik argued that NAB had much filed reference against his client related to the above matter
and prayed the court to stop the anti graft body from arresting Zardari and grant an interim bail to him.After hearing the arguments, the
bench accepted the pre-arrest bail of Asif Zardari and served muchices to NAB.The IHC had already granted pre-arrest bail to Asif Zardari in
seven other cases related to mega money laundering and fake accounts.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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