*LAHORE – Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry is hearing money laundering caseagainst PPP Co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari.*
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar will be heading a two-member bench that will hearthe case. The JIT submitted its report to the court. It was expected thatthe respondents (like Zardari, Anwar Majeed and Hussain Lawai) will begiven copies of the report today.
The chief justice ordered that a projector be set up to show the summary ofthe report. Justice Nisar said they treat Omni Group head Anwar Majeed asan elder ad gave him concessions, however, he doesn’t act that way.
The case involves over Rs35 billion funneled through fake bank accounts atthree local banks.
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PPP workers have gathered outside the court and are chanting slogans insupport of Zardari. However, the former president decided not to attend thehearing. His legal team, comprising Chaudhry Aitizaz Ahsan, Latif Khosa andFarooq H Naek, will be at the hearing.
