ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday requested theSupreme Court to form a joint investigation team to probe an ongoing moneylaundering case.

The FIA put forth the recommendation as it submitted its report regardingthe ongoing probe before a bench, headed by Chief Justice of PakistanJustice Mian Saqib Nisar, hearing the money laundering case.

As the hearing began, former president Asif Ali Zardari’s counsel requestedthat the hearing be postponed. However, the chief justice rejected hisrequest stating that several lawyers were present in court.

The deputy attorney general informed the court that the hearing was fixedto discuss the formation of a JIT and that Zardari and his sister, FaryalTalpur, had been granted protective bail.

To this, the chief justice questioned which court had approved theirprotective bail.

Further, the Omni Group counsel told the bench that he had prepared awritten response to the request for the formation of a JIT. “However, Itravelled to Islamabad through a PIA flight and my luggage was taken toLahore,” he said.