*ISLAMABAD – A joint investigation team has been formed by Supreme Court toprobe the money laundering case involving Rs35 billion against AsifZardari, Faryal Talpur and others.*
*JIT has been given 15 days to submit the report which would decide thefate of former President Asif Zardari.*
Additional Director General of the FIA Ehsan Sadiq will head the team. Theother five members are Tax Commissioner Imran Lateef, State Bank’s MajidHussain, ISI’s Brigadier Shahid Pervaiz, NAB’s Noman Aslam and SECP’sMuhammad Afzal.
The court has been hearing a suo motu case regarding a 2015 inquiry intosuspicious transactions when 29 ‘benami’ accounts were opened at differentbanks.
Those involved in the case include PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, hissister Faryal Talpur, former Summit Bank president Hussain Lawai, OmniGroup of Companies chairperson Khawaja Anwar Majeed and his son, amongothers. Lawai, Anwar Majeed and his son are already in FIA’s custody.
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The JIT will submit its report in the apex court within 15 days.
The JIT can seek the help of any government institution. All institutionswill have to cooperate with the investigators, the court said.
