An accountability court of Islamabad Friday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Younis Qidwai in fake bank accounts case after he failed to appear before the court for the third consecutive time. Accountability Court Judge Mohammad Bashir resumed the hearing on a reference pertaining to fake accounts scam in which nine suspects are nominated including former Administrator Karachi Hussain Syed and Younis Qidwai - a close aide of PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari.
During the hearing, seven out of nine accused appeared before the court whereas Samiuddin and Younis Qidwai did not turn up which angered the judge and he issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Qidwai. The nine persons against whom the interim reference was filed included former KMC Administrator Mohammad Hussain Syed, ex-metropolitan commissioners Matanat Ali Khan and Shamsuddin Siddique, former Karachi Development Authority (KDA) director Najamuz Zaman, and Additional Directors Syed Jamil Ahmed, Abdul Rashid, Abdul Ghani and Younus Kidwai.
According to NAB, being public servants, the accused had allegedly misused their authority and illegally allotted amenities plots to non-entitled persons. The reference alleged that they were involved in illegal allotment of plots reserved for libraries and temple, causing a loss of billions of rupees to the national exchequer. The hearing of the case was adjourned till May 27.