Former president Asif Ali Zardari filed a bail plea on medical grounds in the Islamabad High Court.

According to the details, soon after the former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif was granted conditional bail on health grounds, former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari filed a bail petition on medical grounds in the Islamabad High Court (IHC).

As per the details, the plea reads as “The PPP co-chairman is not well, he is battling many diseases simultaneously.”

The ailing former president needs 24-hour medical care, stated in the plea and the court was pleaded to grant the former president bail on medical grounds.

Yesterday, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, told the media during a brief news conference after meeting his ailing father at PIMS, that they have decided to move the court for the purpose.

Mr Bilawal said that the medical board constituted by the government has pointed out diseases of Zardari, but the former president had not earlier allowed them to file a petition for bail.