FIA summons Zardari, sister Talpur in Rs35 billion money laundering case

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) issued summon notice on Tuesday to former President Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in a money laundering case through fake accounts.

According to local media reports, FIA has summoned them on July 11 and have been asked to appear before the FIA’s State Bank Circle in Karachi, local media reported. The duo has been summoned to record their statements pertaining to Rs 35 billion money laundering through fake case case.

Following the directives of the Supreme Court, Zardari and Talpur's names have also been placed on the Exit Control List by the interior ministry on Tuesday.

Last week, Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSE) Chairman Hussain Lawai, who is a close aide to Zardari, was taken into custody by the FIA, for allegedly operating more than two dozen nameless (benami) accounts to launder billions of rupees abroad. Lawai has been remanded into FIA's custody till July 11.

The SC took a suo motu after the slow pace of the investigation by the FIA of the fake accounts and transactions of billions of rupees case.