The reference was filled by Bureau’s Rawalpindi office, nominating former minister of PML-N, former director-general (DG) Akhtar Nawaz and Sarfraz Rasool, Asif Shaikh and Muhammad Ahmed among accused.
NAB, under Anti Money Laundering Act 2010, sought out tax details of Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur, brother-in-law Mir Munawar Ali Talpur, his son and party chairman Bilwal Bhutto Zardari, and his daughters Bakhtwar Bhutto Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari.
In a statement, the spokesperson revealed that serious irregularities were also found in the allotment of land and other matters by the officials of the finance department, and the accused also confessed to taking financial benefits in this regard.
The prosecutor told the court that the record related to the case was destroyed in a fire in Lahore Development Authority (LDA) building and there is no evidence to frame charges against the PML-N president
The country’s top accountability watchdog had filed an appeal following the Lahore High Court’s order to remove PML-N president's name from the no fly list
Former federal minister and MQM leader Babar Ghauri has been absconder in the case, while others accused including Sindh Assembly member Javed Hanif, Rauf Akhtar Farooqui have already been nabbed in the case.
The Bureau sought out records from the secretary board of directors of the band. The accountability watchdog is already investigating illegal appointments and promotions case against Ahmed.
Nawaz’s assistants Fawad Hassan Fawad and Afaq Sultan are also named in the case, which involves the illegal use of 73 security cars. This caused a loss of Rs1.75 billion to the national exchequer.
The accused was owning Rs. 612,000 in his five bank accounts while his foreign currency accounts had 566 eurou, 698 US dollars and 498 Brithish pounds.
It prayed the court to acquit former president in these case and send the references back to chairman NAB so that the petitioner's name could be excluded from it.
NAB immediately suspended Maryam Nawaz's appearance and strongly condemned that PML-N workers tried to interfere in legal proceedings in an organized manner.