Zardari shifted to PIMS for medical check-up

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Former president Asif Ali Zardari has been shifted to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) due to his deteriorating health on Tuesday. According to the details garnered, the PPP co-chairman was transferred to hospital after a recommendation of a medical board examining his health. Under high alert security, Asif Zardari was directly shifted from an accountability court to the hospital. The district administration is considering declaring Pims Hospital a sub-jail. Earlier in the hearing, the court had rejected a petition filed by Zardari, who has been put in jail on judicial remand, seeking his shift to a hospital for medical care. The court had remarked that the court doesn’t have jurisdiction over the matter, and it should be referred to the relevant forum. Zardari’s advocate Latif Khosa had argued before the court that his client’s life was in danger and it was his Constitutional right to avail medical facilities in the jail. Earlier, the court extended the judicial remand of former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur till November 12 in the money laundering case. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) presented the former president and his sister in accountability court. The court asked about accused Anwar Majeed. Lawyer Farooq Naek submitted the medical report of Anwar Majeed. The NAB prosecutor raised objections on the report. He argued that this type of report ever presented on the hearing. The hearing of money laundering was adjourned till November 12.