Zardari objects to transfer of money laundering case to Islamabad
'NAB is falsely interpreting the top court's instruction and is trying to exert pressure'Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has objected to the transfer of the money laundering case from Karachi to Islamabad, Express News reported. The fake accounts sagaIn December 2015, the Federal Investigation Agency began a discreet investigation into certain bank accounts through which multi-billion rupee transactions have been made. According to FIA sources, information regarding the fake accounts came to the fore when an intelligence agency picked up a prominent money changer in an unrelated case. Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar took suo motu notice of the ‘slow progress’ in the money laundering case. Meanwhile, Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur have appeared before the investigators and have since secured interim bail from the Banking Court.
Source: The Express Tribune March 11, 2019 06:33 UTC
