An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) has allowed Dr Asim Hussain - Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) president and close-aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari - to travel abroad for medical check-up.

The ATC took up the case of alleged medical aid to terrorists by Dr Asim for hearing on Monday. Dr Asim - through a petition - had sought permission from the court to travel abroad for his medical treatment from August 8 to August 28.

It is pertinent to mention here that Dr Asim was arrested in August 2015 and was kept under police custody for 90 days due to his alleged involvement in criminal offense. He was handed over to police in November 2015 and a case had also been registered against him on the complaint of Rangers.

Rangers had lodged a complaint against Asim that he was allegedly involved in providing medical facilities to terrorists and militants from ‘banned outfits’ in the two branches of Zia-u-Deen hospital, Karachi.