Pakistan, Nov. 13 -- An accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday rejected an application submitted by Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, requesting that he may be allowed to be shifted to Karachi from Islamabad for treatment.

The former president had submitted the application through his lawyer, Farooq H Naek, during the proceedings of the fake bank accounts case, which pertains to a massive money laundering scam that was previously being probed by the Federal Investigation (FIA). According the filed plea, it was said that Zardari's health was not good and he should be given permission to receive treatment of his choice, adding that he wanted to be treated in Karachi.

Presiding over the hearing, accountabili...