IHC grants bail to former president Asif Ali Zardari on medical grounds.

ISLAMABAD -- A special bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted bail to Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on medical grounds in the Park Lane and mega money-laundering corruption cases.

The court ordered the former president to submit surety bonds worth Rs10 million in order to secure his bail.

Last week, the IHC had admitted a bail plea filed by the former president seeking bail on medical grounds in the two cases initiated against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). In his bail plea, Zardari said he was suffering from a heart condition and diabetes.

Zardari had been arrested by NAB on June 10 after cancellation of his pre-arrest bail. In October, Zardari was transferred from judicial custody at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad after his health deteriorated.

During the hearing today, Zardari's counsel Farooq Naek submitted his client's medical reports to the court. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Amir Farooq presided over the hearing.

Additional Prosecutor General Jahanzeb Bharwana and Deputy Prosecutor General Muzaffar Abbas were also present before the court on behalf of the NAB. Upon the directions of the IHC bench, NAB prosecutors read out the medical reports of Zardari to the courtroom.

According to the medical report, the former president is suffering from several...