IHC clubs appeal pleas filed by NAB against Zardari

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered for clubbing the appeal pleas filed by NAB prosecutor against acquittal of former president Asif Ali Zardari by Accountability Court (AC) and for fixing the case for hearing.

A division bench of IHC comprising Justice Noor ul Haq N Qureshi and Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui took up NAB appeal plea against exoneration of Asif Ali Zardari for hearing Wednesday.

NAB prosecutor appeared in the court and argued that NAB has filed appeal plea against acquittal of former president Asif Ali Zardari in two reference as AC had not even sought evidence in these references and acquitted the former president.

He told the court that NAB has filed two appeal pleas in IHC against the acquittal of former president and one among them has been fixed for hearing while second has not been fixed for hearing.

The court while ordering for clubbing the appeal pleas filed against the AC decision on exoneration of former president Asif Ali Zardari has adjourned the hearing of the case.