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ISLAMABAD: The accountability court has rejected three petitions of former president Asif Ali Zardari against NAB references.
Accountability court judge Azam Khan has given the verdict. The accountability court said that former president Asif Ali Zardari cannot be acquitted in NAB references.
The court also ordered to charge Asif Zardari in all the three corruption references. The accountability court has summoned all the accused including Asif Zardari on 28th September.
Zardari had filed a petition against the Thatta Water Supply, Park Lane, and Mega Money Laundering references filed by the NAB.
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Nadeem Bhutto, in-charge of Naudero House, was arrested in Thatta Water Supply Reference. Asif Zardari was named as the accused after the interrogation of Nadeem Bhutto.
The reference states that illegal contracts for Thatta Water Supply were awarded. As a result of the contracts, the money kept coming into Nadeem Bhutto’s accounts through fake accounts, and hecontinued to manage Nodero House with this money.
In the Park Lane Company reference, Asif Zardari, out of 17, indicted a total of 13 accused, including 10 individuals and three companies. The three accused named in the reference are Younis Qadwai, Uzair Naeem, and Iqbal Memon.
In the Park Lane reference, Zardari is accused of causing a loss of Rs 3.77 billion to the national exchequer through fake bank accounts. Other accused in the reference include PPP senators Usman Saifullah, Anwar Saifullah, and Saleem Saifullah.
Asif Zardari is also accused of buying 2,460 kanals of land in Islamabad through the Park Lane Company, while Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is also named in the case.
