*LARKANA: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) declared Pakistan PeoplesParty (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpurabsconders in a money-laundering scam involving Rs35 billion.*
*Faryal Talpur has obtained pre-arrest bail from the Sindh High Court onMonday.*
Ms Talpur filed a petition in the SHC Larkana circuit bench seekingpre-arrest bail.
The bench approved bail for the PPP leader for six days and directed her tosurrender to the court concerned in the case.
Advocate Farooq H Naek, who represented the petitioner, stated that the FIAcase is based on malafides and a ploy to keep the PPP leaders away from theelectoral race.
On Saturday, the FIA’s State Bank Circle submitted a charge-sheet of thecase against Hussain Lawai and other suspects in the relevant court.
Zardari and his sister were among over a dozen suspects declared abscondersin the money-laundering scam.