ISLAMABAD -Former President Asif Ali Zardari gets another blow from theAccountability court.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Monday filed a supplementaryreference in the fake accounts case against former president Asif AliZardari and MPA Faryal Talpur.
In its reference, the anti-corruption watchdog alleged that the funds of aprivate bank were wrongly used and land was purchased under the name of a*benamidar *(ostensible owner).
The bureau said that the accused named Mushtaq has a joint account with theformer president, adding that according to the bank record, the account wasused for the PPP co-chairperson.
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Funds were also transferred abroad through the same account, the referencealleges.
According to the reference, Rs8.3 billion were withdrawn from the fakeaccounts and Rs1.2bn were taken out illegally from a private bank’saccount. It also says that Rs950 million were then transferred back toZardari’s account for his use.
