ISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday submitted itsfirst progress report in the Registrar Office of Supreme Court inconnection with probe on fake bank accounts case.
The sealed report submitted before the top court has been prepared by thehead of NAB’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) Director General NABRawalpindi, Arfan Mangi.
The top court, in an order passed in the case on January 7, had referredthe Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s JIT report and evidences collectedto the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for further investigation,directing the anti-corruption body to wrap up its investigation within twomonths.
The court also directed to remove Chairman PPP, Bilawal Bhutto and ChiefMinister Murad Ali Shah’s name from the Exit Control List (ECL).
However it was clarified that said persons name would be removed from theECL for the time being, NAB would not be prevented from probing their casefurther and in case of sufficient material found connected to the saidpersons with cognizable offences , it shall not be precluded from making anappropriate request to the federal government to place their names on ECL.
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The bench mandated the accountability bureau to summon whoever it wishes,and instructed the FIA to continue its own probe meanwhile.
Several leading figures including Asif Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur,former president of Summit Bank Hussain Lawai and Omni Group’s AnwarMajeed, were all nominated in the case. Malik Riaz, his son-in-law Zainhave also been included in the probe.
Over 20 ‘benami’ accounts at some private banks were opened in 2013, 2014and 2015 from where transactions worth billions of rupees were allegedlymade.
