*ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability (NAB) Rawalpindi has recovered Rs2.12 billion in the fake accounts case against erstwhile president Asif AliZardari.*
As per details, Chairman NAB Justice retired Javed Iqbal has acceptedplea-bargain request of Asif Mehmood and Arif in Nooriabad Power Companyand Sindh transmission funds corruption cases.
The anti-graft agency has maintained that the final petition for pleabargain will be submitted in the accountability court. The suspects – alongwith the Sindh officials – were involved in corruption through fakeauctions, the NAB said.
The sources cited that the anti-graft watchdog body has already arrested 25suspects in fake bank accounts case.
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In the last hearing of the case in an accountability court, the physicalremand of three accused, who had applied for plea bargain, in fake bankaccounts case, was extended till July 31.
During the hearing, the judge had directed to wind up case against them assoon as possible. The National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) investigationofficer has told that the requests of the accused were under process withthe department.
