Zardari called on June 29 in fake accounts case

ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad Accountability Court (AC) on Monday has summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari in-person on June 29 in a fake account case.

A notice has been issued to Zardari to appear in-person in the fifth corruption reference filed against him by NAB and submit his reply. The reference has accused the PPP co-chairperson of carrying out transactions using fake accounts.

His aide Mushtaq Ahmed, the former stenographer at Aiwan-e-Sadr, reportedly deposited Rs8 billion in a fake account after signing a deal with a housing society. The money, which had no trail, was then used by