The Accountability Court hearing the multibillion rupees fake bank accounts case on Thursday set October 4 for indictment of former president Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Faryal Talpur and other accused in the mega money laundering and Park Lane cases.
Zardari, Talpur and other accused were produced before Accountability Court Judge Muhammad Bashir on expiry of their judicial remand. The judge marked attendance of all the accused and adjourned hearing till October 4. The court also ordered to provide copies of the references to the accused persons.
During the hearing, Farooq H Naek told the court that his clients have not received copies of the reference.
When the former president came to the rostrum, the judge asked him if he has received copies of reference. Zardari replied that he just came and so far he has not seen copies of the reference.
He also requested the court to grant him time for consultation with his legal team. To this, the judge said he can have a meeting with his legal team in the next room as this room is getting crowded.
Zardari's counsel Latif Khosa said that despite the court's orders, air conditioner and fridge have not been provided to his client in jail. The jail authorities provided only an ice box instead of fridge to Zardari, he added.
There are a total of 30 accused nominated in the reference including Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Taha Raza, Anwar Majeed, Abdul Ghani Majeed, Noreen Sultan, Kiran Aman, Adeel Shah Rashidi, Muhammad Ashraf, Qasim Ali, Shahzad Ali, Sher Muhammad, Zain Malik, Iqbal Khan Noori, Nimr Majeed, Mustafa Zulqarnain, Aslam Masood, Muhammad Arif Khan, Nassar Abdullah, Adnan Javed, Muhammad Umair, Iqbal Arian, Azam Wazir Khan, Christopher D Craz, Muhammad Nasir Sheikh, Ghanzanfar Ahsan, Sawoodi Morkas, Muhammad Raheel Mobin, and Ali Kamal Majeed.
The NAB had filed Park Lane reference against Zardari and 16 other accused on August 19 before the court. The other accused include Hussain Lawai, former president Arif Habib Bank and Summit Bank (arrested), Abdul Ghani Majeed, owner of different companies of Omni Group (arrested), Aslam Masood, chief financial officer/general manager finance in different companies of Omni Group (arrested), Khawaja Anwer Majid, owner of different companies of Omni Group (under judicial custody), Taha Raza, relationship manager at Arif Habib Bank (arrested), Farooq Abdullah, area/branch manager HBL (arrested), Sher Ali, operation manger HBL (arrested), Uzair Naeem, former AVP Summit Bank, M/s Tracom Private Limited through its GM, and Muhammad Saleem Faisal, general manager M/s Tracom Private Limited (arrested). The court also adjourned hearing in the Thatta water supply scheme case till October 7. After the hearing, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, PPP leaders and others met Zardari.
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