ISLAMABAD: After the refusal of his pre-arrest bail, a team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has reached the residence of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in order to arrest him while Bilawal’s spokesperson directed the workers stay peaceful.
The Islamabad High Court today rejected an application seeking extension in the pre-arrest bails of Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in the fake accounts case.
A two-member bench that had earlier reserved its verdict on their application announced the verbal order.
Both Zardari and his sibling had left the court building before the verdict was announced.
NAB can now act on its arrest warrants against Zardari — which were apparently issued yesterday — after receiving the written court order, which is expected to be issued soon. Talpur, however, cannot be arrested as her warrants have not been issued as yet.
The accountability watchdog has constituted two teams for the arrest of the former president, One team was dispatched to Parliament House and another to Zardari House in Islamabad, officials said.
On the other hand, heavy police and the personnel of counter-terrorism Department contingency have cordoned off the Zardari House in Islamabad and all the roads leading to House have been sealed.
The chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto’s spokesperson Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar directed the party workers across the country to stay peaceful and wait till the detailed verdict of the IHC.
