A banking
court on Monday ext
ended the interim bail o
f Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur till January 23 in a case pertaining to money laundering of billions through fake bank accounts.
The PPP top leadership appeared before the
court as the interim bail granted to them ended.
During the hearing,
the counsels of the suspects requested the
court to order the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to submit a final charge-sheet. However, the judge said the Supreme Court has halted proceedings b
y the banking
court. “We cannot proceed without the top
court’s permission.” The
court then ext
ended Zardari and Talpur’s interim pre-arrest bails and adjourned the hearing of the case till January 23. The FIA is investigating 32 people, including Zardari and Talpur, in relation to alleged money laundering from fictitious accounts.
Published in Daily Times, January 8th 2019.
