Observer Report
Islamabad
The accountability court hearing the Park Lane reference has decided to indict former president Asif Ali Zardari via video link on July 6 after the PPP leader did not appear for the hearing on Friday.
The accountability court had summoned the former president to appear before the court for his indictment. However, Zardari’s lawyer Farooq H Naek told the court that it is difficult for his client to travel and he was at risk of contracting the coronavirus and was at danger, considering he was of age.
Naek reminded the court that former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani appeared before a court recently and contracted Covid-19. To which Justice Azam Khan replied,”You are also attending the session. Do you not value your life? If you are presenting yourself then you can also call Asif Ali Zardari.”
