Zardari's close aide Anwar Majeed, his son arrested in money laundering case
The court has adjourned the hearing till August 28.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested Omni Group Chairman Anwar Majeed along with his son Abdul Ghani outside the Supreme Court (SC).
The accused appeared before the court after repeated absences from hearings in money laundering through fake bank accounts case.
During the hearing, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar said that we don’t want to waste time in forming Joint Investigation Team (JIT). Will continue to supervise this case as suo moto action was taken against it, he added.
The top judge also rejected pre-arrest bail plea of Anwar Majeed, saying that the court had neither ordered to apprehend the accused nor directed to leave him.
Remarking over putting Anwar’s name on Exit Control List (ECL), CJP asked who instructed for this over which, DG FIA said that it was written in the court’s order.
Moreover, the court has adjourned the hearing till August 28.
Earlier, FIA had prepared a report and revealed that more than 10 political personalities are allegedly involved in fictitious transactions worth Rs35 billion.
Police first investigation report (FIR) had stated that M/S Zardari Group (Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, etc) got Rs15,000,000 and were among the beneficiaries of the transaction trail of fake bank accounts maintained by Omni Group, owned by Anwar Majeed, another close aide of the former president.
Lawai and his associates were accused of opening 29 fake accounts in the Summit Bank and United Bank of Pakistan Limited.
