ISLAMABAD, June 10: Former Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has been arrested by the anti-graft bureau on Monday in the fake bank accounts case.

A team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials reached Zardari House in Islamabad on Monday to arrest former president and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Zardari, according to Pakistani media.

The arrest came hours after Islamabad High Court rejected a plea by Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur seeking an extension in their interim bail in the fake bank accounts case.

Issuing its orders, the High Court permitted National NAB authorities to carry out the arrest of Asif  Ali Zardari, according to the media.

Zardari now has the option of appealing the order in the Supreme Court.

The case relates to transactions of hundreds of millions of rupees to the Zardari's private companies allegedly through fake bank accounts.

 
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