ISLAMABAD, April 12: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted reply in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the fake bank accounts case and alleged former president Asif Ali Zardari of committing fraud and taking Rs1.5 billion loan by using influence.
The anti-corruption watchdog maintained that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman is not entitled to bail in Park Lane Company case as he built a fake company.
NAB deputy prosecutor general Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi submitted
reply in the IHC on Asif Ali Zardari’s bail plea and claimed that the erstwhile president made false statement in his petition.
The NAB said the PPP co-chairman took Rs1.5 billion loan from the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) with the help of other suspects and requested the court to dismiss Asif Ali Zardar’s bail plea.
It is worth mentioning here that the National Accountability Bureau is probing into fake bank accounts case upon the directions of the Supreme Court.
The National Accountability Bureau has sought cancellation of bail granted by the Islamabad High Court to former president Asif Ali Zardari in the mega money laundering and fake bank accounts case.
The anti-corruption watchdog submitted its reply in IHC earlier on Friday, in which the bureau asked the court to cancel the interim pre-arrest bail granted to Zardari in the ongoing investigation into alleged money laundering carried out via fake bank accounts.
In its reply, which was submitted by deputy prosecutor general Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi, NAB said it fears evidence tampering owing to the influence yielded by Zardari, and that the Pakistan Peoples Party president was not cooperating with the bureau in the probe.
The watchdog claimed Zardari deliberately misled the court regarding his bail petition and did not deserve any leniency on the matter.-Agencies
