–PPP co-chairman pleads high court to declare he has no association with companyKARACHI: Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday moved the Sindh High Court (SHC) in the Park Lane Company case, denying any association with the construction company. Earlier, in his written response to National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Zardari had maintained that NAB has no jurisdiction pertaining to the Park Lane Estate case, as, according to the National Accountability Ordinance, the accountability watchdog was not liable to investigate the matters of a private company. In December last year, NAB had said that an inquiry was initiated against Park Lane Estate Company (Pvt) Ltd and officers of Capital Development Authority on allegation of illegal transfer of state land. According to a NAB press release, CDA illegally allotted 118 kanal and 14 marla land of Punjab Forest Department to M/s Park Lane Estate Company (Pvt) Ltd. It said that former president Asif Ali Zardari and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were 50 per cent shareholders of the company.

Source: Pakistan Today April 16, 2019 16:18 UTC