ISLAMABAD Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari hasunveiled his foreign assets and accounts in a statement to supreme court ofPakistan.

He has informed the Supreme Court that he does not own any properties orbank accounts abroad.

The former president claimed this in an affidavit submitted in theNon-Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case registered against him in thecountry’s top court. Hearing of the case will take place on Wednesday.

The affidavit, submitted through his counsel Farooq H Naek, also statedthat Zardari stands by whatever he has written in the already recordedstatement.

In April, a SC bench issued notices to former presidents General (retd)Pervez Musharraf and Zardari, former attorney general Malik Mohammad Qayyumand the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) over a petition filed againstthe NRO.

The petition was filed by Feroze Shah Gillani wherein he submitted that thecountry had suffered a loss of billions of rupees due to the ordinance andrequested the court to take action to recover the stolen amount.

Subsequently, the top court gave a one month to the respondents to submitreply.