Zardari, Talpur summoned to record statements in fake accounts case

Dunya News

FIA has also decided to register two to three first information reports against the accused.

KARACHI (Dunya News) – A joint investigation team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur on July 28 to record their statements in fake accounts case.

The decision was taken at an eight-hours long meeting of the joint investigation team, which was presided over by Dr Najaf Mira and attended by FIA directors from Punjab and Sindh among seven officials.

It was decided to prove former president and his sister’s involvement in the money laundering case before the Supreme Court on August 6.

FIA has also decided to register two to three first information reports against the accused.

It is to be mentioned here that Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur and their associates are accused of sending Rs35 billion abroad through fake accounts after which, their names were placed on Exit Control List (ECL).

The police first investigation report (FIR) 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.