ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday summoned former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Anwar Majeed and others, to appear in court on April 8 in the fake accounts case. A banking court had last week accepted the accountability watchdog’s plea to transfer the fake bank accounts case from Karachi to the accountability court in Islamabad for trial. He requested the banking court to transfer the proceedings to an accountability court in Islamabad as per the apex court’s order. The registrar office of the accountability court conducted a scrutiny of the record transferred from the banking court and then referred it to Judge Arshad Malik. Judge Malik issued the summons for all the accused persons in this case and adjourned further proceedings till April 8, when the court would commence formal proceedings in the fake accounts case.

Source: Pakistan Today March 22, 2019 14:48 UTC