Zardari built house in Clifton through corruption: NAB

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has claimed that former president Asif Ali Zardari built in Clifton area of Karachi through corruption.

The NAB filed a reply in an Accountability Court regarding the freezing of Clifton Karachi’s house of the former president in a fake accounts case.

The anti-graft watchdog stated that there is solid evidence that  Zardari built the Clifton Karachi house through corruption and his clerk paid for the purchase of the Clifton house.

According to NAB, Rs.150 million was paid for the purchase of the house from the account of stenographer Mushtaq. Zardari was given a questionnaire regarding his resident but no satisfactory answer was given.

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NAB in Islamabad is also hearing the Park Lane reference case against former President Asif Ali Zardari, the verdict of which was to be announced on 6th July, however, it was postponed.

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 are PPP Senators Usman Saifullah, Anwar Saifullah, and Saleem Saifullah.