LARKANA – The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Sunday took thehousekeeper of Bhutto House in Nowdero area of Sindh, according to reportsin local media.
Nadeem Bhutto, who receives and distributes the salaries for all theservants at the house of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-Chairmen BilawalBhutto and Asif Ali Zardari, was arrested after he withdrew money from thefake bank accounts under investigation by the anti-corruption watchdog, thereports added.
The Fake accounts case is being heard by the Supreme Court of Pakistan(SCP) under which former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, hissisters Faryal Talpur and Azra Fazal Pechuho, Zardari’s aide Khawaja AnwarMajeed and his sons Khawaja Niymar Majeed, Khawaja Mustafa Majeed, AbdulGhani Majeed, and Ali Kamal Majeed are accused of money laundering through29 fake accounts registered in Summit Bank, Sindh Bank, and United BankLimited under people’s names who themselves were not aware of thoseaccounts.
Others being investigated are Sara Tareen Majeed, Khawaja Kamal Majeed,Khawaja Mustafa Zulqarnain Majeed, and Saima Ali Majeed.
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Khawaja Anwar Majeed and Abdul Ghani Majeed are under arrest since 15August 2018. They were arrested from inside Supreme Court of Pakistanbuilding after they appeared to defend themselves in a “Rs35 billion fakeaccounts case”.
