LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has heard a appeal filed by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira over the ban on meeting party’s leader Asif Ali Zardari in Adiala prison.
Justice Shahid Waheed heard Qamar Zaman Kaira’s petition seeking court directions for meeting with former president Asif Ali Zardari in jail.
Superintendent Adiala Jail informed the court that the chief commissioner of Islamabad have authority to grant permission for meeting with a prisoner in jail.
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The Superintendent was directed by the court to get instructions from Commissioner Islamabad over the matter and appear before the court tomorrow.
A petition was earlier submitted that Zardari, who was imprisoned at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi should be allowed by the authorities to meet other party leaders.
Earlier on Tuesday, an accountability court rejected a request filed by Zardari seeking his transfer to Karachi for medical treatment.
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