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An accountability court on Monday rejected a request made by the counsel for former president and Co-chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari to allow him to meet his client inside the prison on some other day instead of the day fixed for meetings.

The court had earlier ruled that the PPP leader, who is languishing in Adiala jail, can meet his children and close relatives on every Monday. Advocate Chaudhry Riaz contended before the court that Farooq H Naeq couldn't meet the former president on Monday owing to his personal engagements. He pleaded the court to permit him to meet the PPP leader on another day instead.

Accountability Judge Muhammad Bashir, rejecting the request, directed the lawyer to hold a meeting with the PPP leader on the day fixed for meetings.

Previously, the court had rejected an application seeking meetings of Zardari with his relatives twice a week.

The judge ruled that the PPP leader can meet his children and close relatives on Monday. The court, however, fixed Saturday as the day for meeting with the former president's sister Faryal Talpur.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019


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