Zardari misses assets reference hearing due to food poisoning
Rawalpindi accountability court grants exemption on medical grounds, adjourns hearing till May 13
Zardari's counsel says his client was vomiting continuously; court adjourns hearing till May 13 . PHOTO: REUTERS
RAWALPINDI:
Former president Asif Ali Zardari failed to appear before an accountability court in Rawalpindi on Tuesday due to food poisoning, Express News reported.
Zardari was scheduled to attend the hearing of 2001 assets reference against him, however, his counsel Farooq H Naek requested the court for exemption because his client was not feeling well.
The reference is one of the six cases established by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Zardari for his alleged financial corruptions. On April 17, the court had reopened the case and issued a notice to the former president.
Read: Court summons Zardari in assets reference case
Naek said Zardari has been vomiting continuously and requested the court to excuse him from attending the hearing. In response, Justice Khalid Mehmood Ranjha adjourned the hearing of the case till May 13.
Besides this reference, Zardari is also named in SGS and Contecna references.
Former president Asif Ali Zardari failed to appear before an accountability court in Rawalpindi on Tuesday due to food poisoning, Express News reported.
Zardari was scheduled to attend the hearing of 2001 assets reference against him, however, his counsel Farooq H Naek requested the court for exemption because his client was not feeling well.
The reference is one of the six cases established by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against Zardari for his alleged financial corruptions. On April 17, the court had reopened the case and issued a notice to the former president.
Read: Court summons Zardari in assets reference case
Naek said Zardari has been vomiting continuously and requested the court to excuse him from attending the hearing. In response, Justice Khalid Mehmood Ranjha adjourned the hearing of the case till May 13.
Besides this reference, Zardari is also named in SGS and Contecna references.