Faryal Talpur, Khursheed Shah granted bail

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders Faryal Talpur and Syed Khursheed Shah were granted bail in cases of alleged corruption being investigated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday.

The Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail to Talpur in the fake bank accounts cases against surety bonds worth Rs10 million.

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Talpur had filed a bail petition last month. The PPP leader had stated that she was the mother of a differently-abled child. She requested the court to grant her bail till the completion of her trial.

Answering a question relating to her involvement in the case, the additional prosecutor claimed in court today (Tuesday) that Talpur had withdrawn a cheque that had been deposited in the Zardari Group by a fake bank account.

Talpur and her brother, former president Asif Ali Zardari, were arrested in June on charges of laundering money through fake bank accounts. NAB is investigating four cases where the former president and his sister are the prime accused.

The cases pertain to transactions worth hundreds of millions of rupees to the two leaders' private companies, allegedly, through fake bank accounts.

The IHC had granted bail on medical grounds to Zardari in the same case last week. The former president was admitted to a private hospital in Karachi where he is being treated.

ATC grants bail to Khursheed Shah

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) granted bail to PPP leader Khursheed Shah against surety bonds worth Rs5 million.

The former leader of the opposition in the national assembly had filed for bail. He was arrested by NAB in September.

Shah is accused of allotting to himself an amnesty plot illegally from a cooperative society in Sukkur.

NAB has been investigating Shah since August. It was alleged that the PPP leader built bungalows, petrol pumps, and hotels in the name of others (benamidaar).

NAB sources said Khursheed Shah would be shifted to Sukkur under transit remand.

NAB Sukkur had summoned Shah through a letter, however, the PPP leader wrote back to the authority, declining to appear before it.

On July 31, the NAB had given approval for an inquiry against the senior PPP leader.