An accountability court in Islamabad on Saturday remanded Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Faryal Talpur in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi for further investigation into the alleged money laundering through fake bank accounts.
The court directed the accountability watchdog to produce the sister of former president Asif Ali Zardari again on June 24.
NAB Prosecutor Sardar Muzaffar Abbasi told the court that the accused was arrested on Friday and her residence has been declared a sub-jail. “Her arrest warrant was issued on June 13,” he informed the court, adding that she is a primary accused in the fake accounts case. The court was told that suspicious transactions of billions of rupees had been made in the bank account of the Zardari Group from the fake bank accounts, and that the account had been operated by Talpur. After appearing in the court, Talpur, while responding to a question by a reporter, said, “I leave my case to the Almighty Allah.” In reply to another question over whether she believes that her arrest has been made on political grounds, she asked, “Can’t you comprehend that my arrest has been made for political reasons? Everyone knows that these arrests are political.”
