The Accountability Court hearing a multibillion rupees fake bank accounts case on Friday extended remand of Dr Dinshaw Anklesaria, an accountant of Park Lane Estate Company allegedly owned by former president Asif Ali Zardari, till August 26. The officials of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) produced Dr Dinshaw Anklesaria before Accountabi-lity Court Judge Muhammad Bashir on expiry of his remand term.
The court approved NAB's request and extended remand of Anklesaria till August 26. Dr Dinshaw is facing charges of obtaining a loan on forged documents. He is also said to be involved in benefiting Park Lane Company through fake bank accounts. According to the joint investigation team (JIT), Park Lane Estate company, a Karachi-based firm, was incorporated on October 18, 1979. In 1989, Zardari acquired the company along with his 'front man' Iqbal Memon. In 2009, Zardari, Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Iqbal Memon and others became shareholders of the company.
As per the JIT report, it was found out that M/S Parthenon was merely a 'front company' (straw borrower) of M/S Park Lane Private Limited. M/S Parthenon had no independent business when it entered into a joint venture (JV) with the M/S Park Lane in October 2009, it said. During the previous hearing, NAB officials told the court that Dr Anklesaria had made important revelations about allotment of plots in Bagh-e-Jinnah Karachi as well as informed investigators about different records of allotments of welfare plots.
Anklesaria being an advisor of chief minister had sent two applications signed by him regarding allotment of plots in Bagh-e-Jinnah Karachi. "It was in the knowledge of Anklesaria that land was property of Bagh-e-Jinnah Karachi," the NAB officials said. The same court also extended judicial remand of Zulqarnain Majeed, a son of Chairman Omni Group Anwar Majeed, Khawaja M Salman Younis, a close relative of Majeed, and Waheed Ahmed Malik, an official of the firm, till August 27.
The three accused were produced before the Accountability Court-I Judge Muhammad Bashir in mega money laundering and fake bank accounts case on expiry of their remand terms. The court extended their judicial remands till August 27.
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