Those who brought Imran into power admit making mistake: Asif Zardari

Former president Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday that those who brought Prime Minister Imran Khan into power now admit that they made a mistake.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chair made the remarks while talking to the media, following his appearance in the Islamabad accountability court earlier today.

“Imran Khan's government will not complete its term. Now Allah knows best how to fix this mistake,” the former president added.

The former president was referring to a telephonic conversation between ex-senator Saifur Rehman and Justice (retd) Abdul Qayyum, calling it substantial evidence of the falsity of cases instituted by the previous governments against assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto and Zardari.

When asked about Maryam Nawaz's petition, the PPP leader refused to comment and said that “Maryam is like a daughter to me."

Read more: NAB given last chance to present arguments in appeals against Zardari

A day earlier, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) handed the last chance to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to give arguments on its own appeals against the acquittal of the former president in the Ursus tractor and ARY Gold references.

A division bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Aamir Farooq observed that the court would decide the matter on the available record if the anti-graft watchdog failed to present arguments in the next hearing.

NAB sought a month’s time to prepare for proceedings to present arguments on its own appeals.

The IHC CJ asked the national graft buster prosecutor how much more time they required, observing that the appeals had been filed in 2014.