Court orders NAB to present Zardari in fake accounts case

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court on Friday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to produce former president Asif Ali Zardari in a case pertaining to laundering of billions of rupees through fake bank accounts.

Accountability Judge Arshad Malik, who resumed hearing into the mega money laundering case, took note of the absence of the PPP chairman in today’s hearing and directed the bureau to produce him.

The NAB is likely to present Zardari in the court in short a while.

Earlier on Wednesday, the court had handed over the former president to NAB on physical remand until June 21 for questioning in connection with its investigation into the fake bank accounts case.

A NAB team presented the PPP co-chairman before the court amid tight security to seek his physical remand.

NAB prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar requested the accountability judge to grant 14-day physical remand of the accused saying his custody is required in connection with investigation into the case.

Zardari’s lawyer, however, opposed the bureau’s plea.

The bureau had arrested the PPP co-chairman from his Islamabad residence after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) turned down his and his sister Faryal Talpur’s plea for extension in their interim bail in the case on Monday.

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