Zardari claims fake accounts are business accounts
Zardari said that everyone in this country has black money and business accounts.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi on Thursday recorded the statement of former president and Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari in two of the ongoing inquiries against him where he kept claiming his fake accounts as business accounts.
As per Dunya News sources, Asif Ali Zardari was furious on the occasion of fake accounts hearing. While talking to NAB, he said that he is presenting in front NAB for the last time as of now whether NAB will exist or the economy of Pakistan.
According to the sources, Asif Ali Zardari kept claiming his fake accounts as business accounts and said that everyone in this country has black money and business accounts.
NAB has summoned PPP leader on May 23 again. Former president Asif Ali Zardari has been provided with a questionnaire regarding three inquiries and directed to bring answers in the next hearing.
Earlier today, The Combined Investigation Team (CIT) of the accountability watchdog, headed by investigation officer Ahmad Saeed Wazir recorded his statement during an interrogation for an hour and a half.
The NAB has accused the Zardari Group of committing corruption in the JV (Joint Venture) of Opal 225 project.
After his appearance in the bureau, his defense counsel Farooq H Naek told the media that Zardari was not directly involved in the matter.
Yesterday, the former president obtained interim bails in six of the corruption cases against him from the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
In Opal 225 scam, Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur’s bail has been extended till June 11 against surety bonds of Rs500,000 each.
In the investigation into suspicious transactions, his pre-arrest bail was extended until June 18.
The high court granted him the interim bail in the money laundering case until May 29.
