The Accountability Court hearing multibillion rupees fake bank accounts case on Tuesday said that former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused in the mega money laundering and Park Lane cases would be indicted on January 22.
The Accountability Court Judge Azam Khan while hearing the cases issued notices to Zardari, his sister and other accused of mega money laundering and Park Lane cases, asking them to ensure presence in the court during the next hearing to be held on January 22.
Zardari is one of the main accused in both the cases and he was granted bail by Islamabad High Court (IHC) on December 10 on medical grounds. Zardari did not appear before the court due to his poor health.
At the start of hearing, Zardari's counsel Farooq H Naek filed an application seeking exemption for his client from personal appearance before the court on medical grounds. Naeek told the court that treatment of Zardari was under way in Karachi and he was suffering from multiple diseases.
The IHC also granted bail to Talpur on December 17 against surety bonds of worth Rs 20 million. Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Taha Raza, Abdul Ghani Majeed and others appeared before the court.
The judge asked about status of accused Zain Malik. The investigation officer (IO) of NAB told the court that the case of Mailk was pending before relevant authority and it would be cleared till next hearing. A progress report will be submitted before the court during the next hearing.
He further told the court that five new accused had been included in supplementary reference. Name of five accused had been deleted from the list of accused, he said. The IO also submitted report regarding four accused including Haji Haroon, Azam Wazir, M Younas Kudwavi, and Mushtaq Mehar of mega money laundering case before the court who are hiding abroad. Despite making several attempts, the NAB did not succeed to arrest the accused, he said, adding there were reports that the accused were hiding in United Kingdom and Canada.
The NAB had nominated Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Anwar Majid, Abdul Ghani Majeed, Taha Raza, Arif Khan, Muhammad Umair, Syed Hussain Failsal Shah Jamote, Azam Wazir Khan, Nimr Majid, Mustafa Z Majid, Ali Kemal Malik, M Younas Kudwavi, Zain Malik, Haji Haroon, Kh Muhammad Salman Younus, Pir Darvesh Khan, Imran Khan, Muhammad Aurangzeb and Bilal Shaikh in the supplementary reference.
In the interim reference, the NAB has a total of 30 accused including Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Taha Raza, Anwar Majeed, Abdul Ghani Majeed, Noreen Sultan, Kiran Aman, Adeel Shah Rashidi, Muhammad Ashraf, Qasim Ali, Shahzad Ali, Sher Muhammad, Zain Malik, Iqbal Khan Noori, Nimr Majeed, Mustafa Zulqarnain, Aslam Masood, Muhammad Arif Khan, Nassar Abdullah, Adnan Javed, Muhammad Umair, Iqbal Arian, Azam Wazir Khan, Christopher D Craz, Muhammad Nasir Sheikh, Ghanzanfar Ahsan, Sawoodi Morkas, Muhammad Raheel Mobin, and Ali Kamal Majeed.
The NAB had filed Park Lane reference against Zardari and 16 other accused on August 19 before the court. The other accused included Hussain Lawai, former president Arif Habib Bank and Summit Bank (arrested), Abdul Ghani Majeed, owner of different companies of Omni Group (arrested), Aslam Masood, chief financial officer/general manager finance in different companies of Omni Group (arrested), Khawaja Anwer Majid, owner of different companies of Omni Group (under judicial custody), Taha Raza, relationship manager at Arif Habib Bank (arrested), Farooq Abdullah, area/branch manager HBL (arrested), Sher Ali, operation manger HBL (arrested), Uzair Naeem, former AVP Summit Bank, M/s Tracom Private Limited through its GM, and Muhammad Saleem Faisal, general manager M/s Tracom Private Limited (arrested).
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