Fake bank accounts: AC to hear Zardari’s case on Feb 12

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court will hear the case of former president Asif Ali Zardari on 12th February in the fake bank accounts.

AC judge Justice Azeem Khan will conduct the hearing of the case. The court had also issued the notice also summoning Ashfaq Laghari and the in-charge of Naudero house, Nadeem Bhutto.

Asif Ali Zardari was granted bail on the medical grounds by the Islamabad High Court in December 2019. Both Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur were arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on charges of laundering billions of rupees through fake accounts.

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The money laundering case refers to the embezzlement of Rs4.4 billion. NAB has accused Zardari and Talpur of owning shares of the Zardari Group, a company that received some of the embezzled funds.