Islamabad (September 05, 2018): Another two companies of Zardari group came to surface during the investigation into illegal account case in the Apex Court.
The two companies are identified as Landmark and National Gases. Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) revealed in its detailed report, submitted before the Supreme Court , that former President and Pakistan Peoples Party Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari his sisters Faryal Talpur and Azra Afzal Pechuho are the share holders of these two companies.
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FIA, in its report, revealed that during the investigation, two new companies of Zardari group, which has transaction with a fake account came to the surface.
The FIA report shows that its officials had also raided the Khoski Sugar Mills, Badin, after receiving information regarding the presence of important record.
A major portion of the record had been torched before the raid, the FIA said, but officials still managed to recover some samples. It was further revealed during the raid, 27 hard disks had been recovered from the sugar mill along with seven Kalashnikovs and four semi-automatic rifles.
The Supreme Court has ordered to constitute a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on recommendation of FIA to probe into a money-laundering and fake accounts case, allegedly involving former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur.
The suggestion was made as a three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar and comprising Justice Umer Ata Bandial and Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan, resumed hearing into a suo moto case regarding an investigation into the fake transactions worth billions conducted through several mainstream banks via ‘benami’ accounts.
Zardari, Faryal and others are respondents in the instant matter being investigated by the FIA for using fake accounts and their alleged involvement in fraudulent bank transactions to the tune of Rs35 billion. In pursuance of the earlier orders, DG FIA Bashir Memon submitted a detailed report before the court regarding the case.
Memon recommended the formation of a seven-member JIT to probe the matter and said the team should comprise representatives from the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR), State Bank of Pakistan, Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), National Accountability Bureau (NAB), FIA as well as members from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI).
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