Supplementary reference filed against Zardari, Faryal

FAZAL SHER

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Monday filed a supplementary reference against former president Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and other accused in connection with the mega money laundering case.

The NAB official filed the supplementary reference before Accountability Court Judge Azam Khan. According to the NAB officials, the suspects has misused fund of a private bank. The land had been purchased by benamidar A-one international, they said.

According to the NAB, accused Mushtaq Ahmed is the private secretary of Zardari. The suspects have joint accounts with Zardari and Rs 8.3 billion had been withdrawn through fake accounts, they said.

Quoting the supplementary reference, the NAB official said that according to bank record, the accounts had allegedly been used for Zardari. An amount of Rs 1,200 million had been transferred from a private bank illegally.

They said that Anwar Majeed, Abdul Ghani Majeed, Mustafa Zulqarnain and Imran Khan had allegedly played important role in the matter.

The NAB has nominated Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Anwar Majid, Abdul Ghani Majeed, Taha Raza, Arif Khan, Muhammad Umair, Syed Hussain Failsal Shah Jamote, Azam Wazir Khan, Nimr Majid, Mustafa Z Majid, Ali Kemal Majik, M Younas Kudwavi, Zain Malik, Haji Haroon, Kh Muhammad Salman Younus, Pir Darvesh Khan, Imran Khan, Muhammad Aurangzeb and Bilal Shaikh in the supplementary reference.