KARACHI – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) declared on Saturday former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur absconders in relation to the money laundering case.
A two-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar had taken suo motu notice earlier into the FIA’s probe of a Rs35 billion money-laundering scam — during the hearing of which even reports emerged of the two Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders being put on the Exit Control List.
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The duo was declared absconders in the case which also nominates others including Zardari’s close aide and Pakistan Stock Exchange Chairman Hussain Lawai.
Lawai is currently FIA’s custody. The FIA also declared 20 people including Anwar Majeed and his son absconder in the money laundering case.
Over 20 ‘benami’ accounts at a private bank were opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015 from where transactions worth billions of rupees were made.
The amount according to FIA is said to be black money gathered from various kickbacks, commissions and bribes. But despite these huge transactions, the bank authorities never reported them to the authorities concerned including the FIA.
