Banking court grants NAB's plea to transfer money laundering case to Rawalpindi, three accused flee from court.

KARACHI -- A banking court in Karachi on Friday ordered to transfer money laundering case against Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari, his sister MPA Faryal Talpur and other accused to Rawalpindi.

Former President Asif Zardari and Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai, Abdul Ghani Majeed and other accused appeared in the banking court.

The court granted the plea of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) plea seeking transfer of the money laundering case to Rawalpindi and it suspended bails of Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur and other accused. The court asked the accused to take their surety back surety of the bails.

However, as the bail plea was rejected by the court, Anwar Majeed's sons, Nimar Majeed, Zulqarnain Majeed, and Kamal Majeed, fled from the court and a team of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was sent...

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