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ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday rejected the applications of former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal
Talpur, seeking A-class and extra facilities in prison during judicial remand in fake accounts cases.National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
Deputy Prosecutor General (DPG) Sardar Muzafar Abbasi pleaded before the court that the petitions were not maintainable as the accused
should approach Inspector General (IG) Prisons, Punjab — a relevant forum for their requests.He stated that the government had removed the
rule of A and B classes in prisons and had replaced it with ‘better class.However, one had to request IG Prisons to get this facility, who
was bound to refer the matter to the Home Department for a decision.Abbasi informed the court that the prisoners of ‘better class& were
also provided facilities like a common prisoners but they could avail the extra facilities at their own expenditures.He prayed the court to
dismiss the applications of the accused as this matter was not relevant to the court.Earlier, Zardari Counsel Sardar Latif Khosa contended
before AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir that since his client had been holding the president office and currently he was member Parliament, the
Constitution allowed him extra facilities for life time.The former president was suffering from cardiac problems and this court had also
allowed him to keep an attendant during NAB custody, he argued.Farouk H.Naek argued that this was not an administrative issue, rather it was
the authority of the court to grant his clients additional facilities in jail.He stated, &We were not begging from administration but
demanding our rights in accordance with the Constitution&.He said that Faryal Talpur had been holding different offices including elected
MNA, two times mayor and currently she was also member Sindh Assembly.He also prayed the court to grant a transit remand to Talpur so that
she could attend Sindh Assembly session.The NAB DAG objected to the request and pleaded that there was a different mechanism for transit
remand and the accused couldn''t file an application to the court in this regard.The Speaker used to issue orders for the Home Department
for this purpose which was enough for the authority concerned, he said and argued that this request was also non-maintainable.He said that
the suspect had submitted no request to the Home Department in this regard.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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