Doctor Summoned Over Medical Certificates To Majeed, Son

Karachi (September 11, 2018): A banking court hearing the money laundering case on Tuesday has summoned the doctor of the cardio hospital who issued medical certificates to the accused Anwar Majeed and his son Abdul Ghani Majeed.

The Omni Group head Anwar Majeed and his son excused from the appearance on the basis of medical certificates issued by Doctor Nosheen Iqbal.

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During the hearing, the court issued notices to the doctor Naveedullah Khan, Dr Nausheen and the jail superintendent who failed to produce the accused duo before the court.The jail officials informed the court that they went to collect the accused from the hospital but the respective doctor handed over the medical certificated citing that both, Anwar Majeed and Abdul Ghani Majeed, are unwell.After hearing the statements of jail officials, the court ordered the jail superintendent and the respective doctor to present before the court on September 25 and brief on the details.

Earlier on September 03, the Sindh High Court accepted a plea of Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed, a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari, against the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Rs41 billion money laundering case.

Majeed in his petition alleged that the FIA was harassing him requesting the court to stop the agency from doing so.

He also requested the court to summon complete record of cases registered against him. The SHC has issued a notice to the FIA for September 24.Anwar, a close aide of former president Asif Ali Zardari, and his son were arrested on August 15 in connection to a case pertaining to money laundering through fake bank accounts. The father-son duo is currently in jail on judicial remand.

The FIA is investigating 32 people in relation to money laundering from fictitious accounts, including Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur. Zardari’s close aide Hussain Lawai was also arrested in July this year in connection with the probe.

Over 20 ‘benaam’ accounts at some private banks were opened in 2013, 2014 and 2015 from where transactions worth billions of rupees were made, according to sources.The amount, according to FIA sources, is said to be black money gathered from various kickbacks, commissions, and bribes.

Previously the amount laundered from these fictitious accounts was said to be Rs32 billion, however, FIA officials said late last month they found at least 15 more suspicious bank accounts, four of which have been confirmed as fake. A total of Rs6 billion were laundered via these four fake or ‘benaam’ accounts.