Summary An accountability court heard the case pertaining to five NAB references against Zardari.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The accountability court has adjourned the hearing of National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) references against former president Asif Ali Zardari till January 9.
A judge of accountability court Muhammad Bashir heard the case pertaining to the five references against Zardari.
The court couldn’t indict the accused in polo ground reference because of his absence.
During the course of hearings, counsel for Zardari, Farooq H Naek said his client had security issues.
The references against Zardari include polo ground, SGS, Cotecna, ARY and Ursus tractors. The court had already acquitted other accused in these references.
The accountability court took a suo motu action and reopened five references against Zardari in October, 2013. Earlier, the references were deferred because he enjoyed constitutional immunity during his tenure as President of Pakistan.
Addressing the media, Farooq H Naek, said he had written a letter to IG and interior secretary for foolproof security of his client.
He said Zardari was facing security threats, lamenting that the government couldn’t even provide adequate security to Benazir Bhutto.
Zardari would be presented after security clearance, he added.
Farooq also said cases were pending against Zardari since 1997, adding that all cases were baseless. He also said his client was sentenced to more than eight years in jail. The case has been adjourned till January 9
