LAHORE, May 21: Intelligence Bureau former director Brig Imtiaz (retired) was on Tuesday allowed bail on medical grounds by an accountability appellate bench of the Lahore High Court.

He was asked to execute two bail bonds in the sum of Rs20 million each and his name was ordered to be placed on the exit control list.

Serving term at Adiala Jail, Brig Imtiaz said in his application that he was suffering from angina and other ailments which could not be treated in the jail hospital.

He was convicted by a Rawalpindi accountability court for possessing property entirely beyond known sources of his income.

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