{"id":290538,"date":"2022-10-21T07:50:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T02:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=290538"},"modified":"2022-10-21T07:50:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T02:50:14","slug":"court-rejects-nabs-appeals-on-zardari-acquittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/court-rejects-nabs-appeals-on-zardari-acquittal\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rejects NAB\u2019s appeals on Zardari acquittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday rejected appeals by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against PPP Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari\u2019s acquittal in 25-year-old references.<br \/>\nThe IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah delivered the verdict on NAB\u2019s plea, seeking the withdrawal of its four appeals in corruption cases registered against former president Asif Ali Zardari. The Chief Justice remarked that the court has dismissed NAB pleas against Zardari on merit.<br \/>\nThe anti-graft body had sought to withdraw its appeals against the former president\u2019s acquittal in references that went back to the 1990s. NAB filed these references against Mr Zardari some 25 years ago. The PPP leader was later acquitted in 2014 and 2015. =DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday rejected appeals by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against PPP Co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari\u2019s acquittal in 25-year-old references. 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