Non-bailable warrants for Benazir and Zardari issued

Court of session judge Islamabad Rafi-uz-Zaman on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrants of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Ali Zardari in the case of false declaration of assets. The accused were absent from the court proceedings.
After hearing the senior prosecutor National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Abdul Baseer Qureshi, the court ordered that non-bailable arrest warrants be served on the accused through the Interpol.
It is alleged in the complaint, filed by NAB against the accused, that they have gathered immense wealth and property in foreign countries through illegal means and by commission of acts of corruption and corrupt practices. It is on account of this fact that they have suppressed the fact of ownership of these properties abroad in their declaration of assets before Election Commission of Pakistan. It may be recalled that the accused have admitted the ownership of these properties before the Swiss court.