Fake bank accounts case: Judicial remand of Jamali extended till 17th

The Accountability Court hearing the multibillion rupees fake bank accounts case on Wednesday extended judicial remand of Khursheed Anwar Jamali till December 17.

While hearing the case, Accountability Court Judge Azam Khan extended judicial remand of Jamali, an employee of Nooriabad Power Plant. Earlier, the NAB officials produced the accused before the court and requested it to extend his judicial remand, which the court approved.

The NAB arrested the accused in May last over allegations of financial misappropriation and money laundering. His case is linked to the major money laundering and fake accounts case that involves former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and other prominent figures.

During the previous hearing, the NAB prosecutor said that the name of Jamali was included in investigations by the joint investigation team (JIT) that probed fake accounts scam. However, he was also arrested over corruption charges in Nooriabad Power Plant project. The accused persons allegedly committed corruption in purchase of machinery for Nooriabad Power Plant project, the prosecutor told the court.

The Bureau said that his name is on the Exit Control List (ECL). The Nooriabad Power Plant project was launched in 2014 under a public-private partnership at the cost of Rs 13 billion in which the government of Sindh holds 49 percent shares and a private company owns 51 percent. Around 95km-long 132kV double-circuit transmission lines were laid from Nooriabad to Karachi at the cost of Rs 1.95 billion.

It contended that he played an important role in money laundering for Zardari Group. Jamali has also worked for the Sindh government as a consultant.