ISLAMABAD: The Accountability Court hearing multi-billion rupees fake bank accounts case, on Wednesday, recorded statement of a prosecution witness in Thatta Water Supply reference involving former president Asif Ali Zardari.
The Accountability Court Judge, Muhammad Azam Khan, while hearing the case, recorded the statement of prosecution witness, Deputy Commissioner Imran Mehmood Khan.
At the start of the hearing, Zardari’s counsel filed an application seeking one-day exemption for his client from personal appearance before it, which the court approved.
Khan, while testifying before the court, said that he appeared before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigators on March 1, 2019.
He appeared before the NAB with respect to investigation of Harish and Company, he said.
He said that he produced tax return of Omni Group chief Anwar Majeed, and his son, Anwar Majeed, before the investigation officer (IO).
The IO has recorded his statement.
Witness will continue recording of his statement during the next hearing, which will be held on October 29.
During the previous hearing, the court following indictment of accused, Zardari and others in the same, summoned witnesses in Thatta water supply case including Imran Mehmood, Ali Raza, and Tariq Muneer.
The anti-graft body nominated Asif Ali Zardari and 13 other suspects, in the supplementary filed in connection with Thatta water supply scam.
The bureau had not nominated Zardari in the interim reference, and Ashfaq Leghari, and in-charge Naudero House Nadeem Bhutto, in the supplementary reference.
In interim reference, the bureau nominated 13 accused including Ejaz Ahmed Khan, former secretary of Special Initiative Department of Sindh, Hassan Memon, project director/chairman of the procurement committee for the water supply scheme, Thatta, members of the committee namely, Ali Akbar Abro, Aijaz Ahmed Memon, Athar Nawaz Durrani, Abdul Haleem Memon, Mohammad Farrukh Khan, Mohammad Ramzan, Mohammad Siddiq Sulemani, and Zeeshan Hasan Yousaf, a private contractor Harish, CEO Omni Group Khawaja Abdul Ghani Majeed, and Minahal Majeed.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020