Co-Chairman of the Pakistani Peoples Party (PPP) and former President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday lodged an appeal with the nation's Supreme Court against the transfer of the fake accounts fraud case, in which he is implicated, from a banking court in Karachi to an accountability court in Islamabad, local media reported on Tuesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 28th May, 2019) Co-Chairman of the Pakistani Peoples Party (PPP) and former President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday lodged an appeal with the nation's Supreme Court against the transfer of the fake accounts fraud case, in which he is implicated, from a banking court in Karachi to an accountability court in Islamabad, local media reported on Tuesday.Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and several other individuals close to the former president are among 32 people who are being investigated by the Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for laundering around 35 billion rupees ($503 million) through 20 fake bank accounts. The case was initially opened in 2015 against Pakistan Stock Exchange chairman Hussain Lawai, who turned out to be a close aide to Zardari and was arrested last July in connection with the probe.
In his appeal, Zardari said he was being politically victimized, and denied any involvement in the case, which he called fabricated, the Geo TV broadcaster reported.
The case was presented to the Karachi banking court last summer, and hearings went on for about eights months. Meanwhile, Zardari and Talpur were granted protective bail.
On March 15, the banking court ordered that the case be transferred to an accountability court in Islamabad.
