Former NA Speaker Asad Qaiser re-arrested after getting bail under MPO

MARDAN  -  For­mer Speaker of the Nation­al Assembly Asad Qaiser was re-arrested after securing bail from the district and sessions court in Mardan on Saturday, a private news channel report­ed. On Saturday, the district and sessions court in Mardan granted him bail in the May 9 case against surety bonds of Rs 90,000. However, following his release, Swabi police re-ar­rested him under MPO. Qaiser, who is accused of corruption in the procurement of equipment for Gajju Khan Medical College, was arrested from Bani Gala, Islamabad, on November 3.

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