The Accountability Court-II Tuesday granted interim bail till November 23 to former president Asif Ali Zardari in the New York Property case.
Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the pre-arrest bail petition of the ex-president who appeared in the court in person along with his legal team.
FarooK H. Naek pleaded that the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had granted interim bail to his client and now they had approached the trial court after amendments to the NAB Ordinance.
The ordinance had given powers to the accountability courts to hear the interim bail cases, he said.
After listening to arguments, the court granted interim bail to Asif Zardari till November 23, and sought comments from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against the plea. The NAB had alleged ex-president for holding a flat in New York City which he didn’t disclose in his nomination papers submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
Earlier, the IHC bench had granted protective bail to Asif Zardari and instructed him to approach the trial court for more relief.
