JIT exposed 'Zardari system' in Sindh: Shahzad Akbar     

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Mirza Shahzad Akbar on Saturday said that the report of joint investigation team (JIT), probing money laundering case against Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, has exposed ‘Zardari system’ in Sindh. 

Addressing a joint press conference accompanied by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry in Islamabad, Shahzad Akbar said Nawaz Sharif seems innocent before the corruption of Asif Ali Zardari and added that the report will stun the nation.

He said that Summit Bank was established in Sindh to laundered the black money abroad and added that Rs9billion had been transferred via fake accounts of the bank.

He said that above 100 fake accounts were being maintained through 32 primary accounts of Omni group. Shahzad Akbar said that 24500 suspected transitions had been reported. Shahzad Akbar said that Asif Ali Zardadri had been the director of Park Lane till 2017.

He further said that the Sindh government was also used in the money laundering and added that payments for all subsidies in Sindh were paid through the fake accounts. The advisor maintained said that Rs60.13billion paid through fake accounts.

He maintained that money to purchase Faryal Talpur’s house in Defence and Zardari’s house in Nawabshah was paid through fake accounts. The adviser said that Omni group received big loans in the name of fake companies.

Shahzad Akbar said that bullet proof trucks for public meetings were also purchased through the fake accounts. The adviser said that said that a United States department has taken the tale of Asif Ali Zardari’s corruption as a test case.