ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad sent Daud Morkas — an under-arrest suspect in fake bank accounts case — on a 12-day physical remand. During the hearing, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) requested the court to grant physical remand to the accused. The court was told that Daud was arrested for committing misappropriation in 2014 and 2015 in subsidy granted to the sugarcane farmers. On Tuesday, Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari along with his sister Faryal Talpur had appeared before an accountability court in fake bank accounts case. Zardari, his sister and other accused are facing charges of laundering more than Rs35 billion through fake bank accounts.

Source: Pakistan Today May 22, 2019 07:41 UTC