Fake bank accounts case: NAB to summon Bilawal, Zardari, Faryal

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Saturday decided to summon the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur in fake bank accounts case.According to sources, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of the NAB has prepared a questionnaire in this regard. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah will also be summoned soon for questioning, the sources said. Earlier on December 24, the JIT formed on the apex court’s orders to probe the alleged money laundering case presented its 128-page final report to the court which included recommendations for filing 16 NAB references. The report had mentioned that 29 fake accounts were identified by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) which laundered Rs42 billion, however, the team further discovered 11,500 bank accounts of 924 account holders, 59 suspicious transaction reports (STRs) and 24,500 cash transactions reports (CTRs).