Another accused offers to become approver as Zardari, Talpur appear in court.

ISLAMABAD -- A third suspect offered to become an approver as Pakistan Peoples Party leaders Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur appeared before an accountability court in Islamabad on Monday.

Accountability Court II Judge Arshad Malik is hearing the long-running money laundering and fake bank accounts case, which was transferred from a banking court in Karachi upon the National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) appeal.

As the hearing got underway, an accused named Sher Mohammad requested the court that he be allowed to testify as a witness. At this, the NAB prosecutor told the court that the accused's application had been received by the bureau and that it was reviewing the application.

The accused is the third suspect to have offered to testify as a witness, after two women during a hearing dated April 8 also offered to become approvers in the case.

The court then extended the interim bail of Zardari and his sister Talpur till May 9 in the money laundering and fake bank accounts case.

The Islamabad High Court on Monday extended the pre-arrest interim bail of Zardari and his sister Talpur till May 15.

Their pre-arrest bail had...