*LAHORE – Supreme Court has issued an interim order in the fake bankaccounts and money laundering case *
*The Supreme Court on Saturday issued an interim order in the fake bankaccounts case, directing the authorities to freeze all such accounts andfurnish their record before the court. *
The top court banned the sale and purchase of all properties identified inthe report of a Joint Investigation Team probing the mega money launderingscam. The properties included Opal 225, Park Lane, etc.
Besides, it ordered monitoring of transactions into the accounts identifiedby the JIT.
At the previous hearing, the apex court banned the sale, purchase andtransfer of properties owned by Zardari Group and Omni Group after a JointInvestigation Team revealed that Rs42 billion was laundered throughfictitious bank accounts that had also been used to bear expenses of theformer president’s home.
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The JIT accused Mr Zardari of mis-declaring his assets in his nominationpapers submitted in the 2018 general elections and recommended filing ofreferences against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
The JIT members revealed that 29 fake bank accounts had been identified,which were used for money laundering. They said Rs1.2 billion had beentransferred to Ms Talpur from JV Opal account and she had admitted itduring her appearance before the team.
