Pakistan, July 1 -- An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday issued a bailable arrest warrant for former president Asif Ali Zardari in the Toshakhana reference.

The Pakistan People's Party supremo is one of the main suspects in the case along with former prime ministers Yousaf Raza Gilani and Nawaz Sharif.

During the proceedings, Zardari's counsel Farooq H Naek told the court that he had already filed a plea in court to exempt his client from appearing. "I am a senior lawyer and I am telling the court that Asif Zardari will be present at the next hearing," he argued, adding that summoning Zardari to court will cause a lot of people to gather, which will be dangerous amid Covid-19 pandemic.

NAB Deputy Prosecutor General Sardar Mu...