Zardari, Talpur, other money laundering case accused summoned for Islamabad hearing

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court has summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused on April 08 for the hearing of the money laundering case, ARY News reported on Friday.

It will be the first hearing of the case after its transfer to Islamabad from Karachi.

Accountability Judge Arshad Malik will hear the case against Asif Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Anwar Majeed and other accused.

The same court had heard Al-Aziziya and Flagship references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and awarded him seven years’ jail term in Al-Aziziya corruption case.

The money-laundering case against Zardari and other accused has been transferred from Accountability Judge Mohammad Bashir to Judge Arshad Malik like the cases against Nawaz Sharif.

The money-laundering case was initially hearing by a banking court in Karachi till March 105, which was transferred to to Islamabad on a request by the National Accountability Bureau.

Zardari, Talpur and other accused challenged the banking court’s decision to transfer the case to Islamabad in Sindh High Court.

Money laundering case

Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused are facing an inquiry into the money laundering scam involving over Rs35 billion money laundered through fake bank accounts.

Zardari’s close aides Hussain Lawai and Anwar Majeed are also being investigated in the scandal. They both are in custody.

A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe into the mega money laundering scam submitted its report in the Supreme Court. The report revealed that 29 fake bank accounts had been identified, which were used for money laundering.