Zardari Group Company: NAB summons Bilawal on Feb 13

RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on 13th February over Zardari Group Company.

The NAB also directed the PPP chairman to submit all records of Zardari Group Company from 2008 to 2019. The bureau sought the list of board of directors of the company.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is accused of withdrawing Rs 1.22 billion from the fake account for his private company. He has been summoned for the fourth time by NAB since December.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was also probed for JV-Opal-225, a joint venture of Zardari Group Ltd. Billions of rupees were transferred to the company’s accounts via fake bank accounts. The company took out loans of billions of rupees from the banks.

Earlier, on 9th December last year, the NAB filed eight references in the fake bank accounts case in the accountability court.

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The case was initiated on 15th October 2011. In 2009, Bilawal and his father became shareholders of the company. Both of them have a stake of 25 percent each in the company.

The NAB has stated in the reference that embezzlements worth billions were committed in loans of Sindh Bank. The suspects have been accused of granting Rs29 billion loan to Omni Group out of which Rs25 billion is still outstanding.