Court allows transfer ‘fake account case’ to Islamabad against Zardari, Faryal and others
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The court has also cancelled the protective bails of all accused persons allegedly involved in this case
KARACHI: A banking court in Karachi allowed the application of NAB prosecutor to transfer the money laundering case to Islamabad. However, the court has also cancelled the protective bails of all accused persons allegedly involved in this case.
Former president Asif Ali Zardari’s sister Faryal Talpur, former Pakistan Stock Exchange chairman Hussain Lawai, Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed’s sons AG Majeed, Nimr and Zulqurnain among others are allegedly involved this fake bank accounts case.
The court announced the judgement in front of Zardari’s counsel, Farooq H Naik and other accused.
In the transfer application, the NAB prosecutor had claimed, “This is a federal court not a provincial one. Sixteen references are being prepared on the Supreme Court’s orders, thus the case should be transferred from Karachi to Islamabad.”
Zardaris counsel replied, “This is neither a case of corruption/ corrupt practicing nor of defrauding the nation. NAB made a false claim that the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of the case to Islamabad.”
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