Verdict reserved on NAB plea to transfer money laundering case

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday adjourned till March 20 petitions filed by Omni Group’s owner Anwar Majeed, banker Hussain Lawai and another accused in a case pertaining to the mega money laundering scam, ARY News reported.

Anwar Majeed has approached the high court against the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for allegedly harassing him while Hussain Lawai and Taha Raza filed petitions seeking post arrest bail.

During the course of the hearing today, the Sindh prosecutor general informed the two-judge bench that the banking court hearing the money laundering case reserved a verdict on a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) plea seeking transfer of the case from Karachi to Islamabad. He added the trial court will announce its verdict on March 15.

However, Lawai’s lawyer contended that the case couldn’t be transferred to Islamabad as the reference the bureau was planning to file in the scam has nothing to do with the case being heard by the banking court.

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Earlier today, the banking court reserved its verdict on an application of the National Accountability Burea (NAB) seeking transfer of a money laundering case against former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused to Islamabad.

The court reserved the verdict after hearing arguments of both defence and prosecution sides and announced to pronounce it on March 15.

Meanwhile, the judge extended the interim bail granted to the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman and his sister until March 15.

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