Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari gets bail on medical grounds

TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ The former president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari was granted bail on medical grounds by a court here in two corruption cases on Wednesday. Zardari, 64, who was arrested in June, approached the court on December 3 seeking bail on medical grounds in two corruption cases pertaining to fake accounts.

A two-judge bench of the Islamabad High Court also directed Zardari, chairperson of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), to submit surety bonds worth Rs 10 million each in the two cases. The court had on December 4 constituted a medical board to examine Zardari’s health condition and directed it to submit its report.

According to reports, Zardari, in his bail plea, had claimed that he was suffering from a heart condition and diabetes. Last month, Zardari was transferred from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad after his health deteriorated, the report said.