*ISLAMABAD – FIA director Najaf Mirza is heading a seven-member jointinvestigation team that is investigating the money-laundering scandal inSindh. *
The team will look into the alleged fake bank accounts of PPPleaders. Earlier, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) summoned PPPleaders Asif Ali Zardari and Faryal Talpur on Tuesday to record theirstatements. The two have been served notices.
In May 1999, Mirza was serving as the superintendent of the jail whereZardari was incarcerated. He was not given key postings when PPP waselected into power in 2008.
As the PML-N’s tenure began in 2013, he was appointed the director of FIASindh. The PPP-led provincial governnment and Najaf did not see eye to eye.Najaf then worked at Port Qasim for three years.
He has now been named the director of FIA.