Fake accounts case: Court declines Zardari, Faryal request for A-class jail facilities

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday turned down a request for A-class facilities in jail by former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur, who have been arrested in the fake bank accounts case.

Farooq H Naek and Advocate Sardar Latif Khosa appeared in the court of judge Mohammad Bashir, who conducted the hearing over Zardari and Talpur's request for A-class facilities.

The lawyers also requested the court to grant transit remand to Faryal Talpur so she could attend the Sindh Assembly session. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) opposed the requests.

The court turned down the request for A-class facilities. However, it allowed them to avail the use of an air conditioner, refrigerator, television, radio, iPad, cooker, kettle, toaster, torch, and other additional facilities as well as keep an attendant at their own expense.

The court directed the lawyers to approach the Inspector-General Prisons for transit remand of Faryal Talpur.