The National Accountability Board (NAB) ordered Faryal Talpur, sister of former President Asif Ali Zardari, to be confined to her residence in Islamabad in connection with a case of suspected money laundering through fake bank accounts. Sister of former Pakistani president ordered held in graft probe https://t.co/2Wq033OP3x — Devdiscourse (@dev_discourse) June 14, 2019An NAB spokesman said Faryal Talpur had been ordered to remain in her house. But the crackdown has prompted an angry response from PPP officials, including Zardari's son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. "We will have to go out into the streets and show people how their rights are being taken away," Bhutto Zardari told a hastily called news conference. As well as Zardari, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is also in jail on corruption charges.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 15, 2019 10:07 UTC