Banking court transfers record of fake bank accounts case after correction to court in Islamabad
On March 15, the banking court in Karachi transferred the case to court in Islamabad.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – A banking court in Karachi on Thursday forwarded the relevant record after correction pertaining to the fake bank accounts case – in which Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari among other accused are being interrogated – to the accountability court in Islamabad.
However, report compiled by the investigation officer and substantial evidences will be transferred after commencement of the trial in the court.
On March 15, the banking court in Karachi, following the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) request, transferred the fake bank accounts case to the accountability court for further proceedings.
Yesterday, NAB’s office in Rawalpindi handed over questionnaires comprising 54 questions each to Zardari and Bilawal in three cases including Park Lane Estate reference, and subsequently directed them to submit their response within 10 days.
Both of them have a stake of 25 percent each in the Park Lane Estate Company (Pvt) Ltd — a Karachi-based real estate firm co-owned by Zardari and Bilawal.
Last month, a NAB prosecutor had filed a statement with the trial court on behalf of NAB chairman retired Justice Javed Iqbal, stating that the investigation of the case had been transferred to the anti-graft watchdog by the apex court.
Therefore, he requested the trial court’s judge to transfer the proceedings of trial in the present case to the accountability court in Rawalpindi.
Subsequently, the banking court cancelled the interim bails granted to Zardari, Talpur and others as the case had been transferred to a different court.
However on Tuesday, the Sindh High Court (SHC) granted a 10-day protective bail to Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur but rejected their request to issue a stay order against a banking court’s decision allowing the NAB to transfer the fake bank accounts case to Rawalpindi.
