The Sindh government on Friday filed a review petition in fake bank accounts case in the Supreme Court (SC).
The government requested the court to review paragraphs 29-35 and 37 of the January 7 judgement, adding that verbal directives were issued to remove the names of Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Murad Ali Shah and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari from Exit Control List (ECL).
The plea further stated that administrative issues will be created if the case will be heard in Islamabad. It also demanded to hand over all the record to National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Karachi for the inquiry.
The reference should be filed in Karachi for the transparency of the case, the petition requested.
Earlier on December 24, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), formed on the apex court’s orders to probe into the alleged money-laundering case, presented its 128-page final report to the court which included recommendations for filing 16 NAB references.
The report mentioned that 29 fake accounts were identified by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) which laundered Rs 42 billion, however, the team further discovered 11,500 bank accounts of 924 account holders, 59 suspicious transaction reports (STRs) and 24,500 cash transactions reports (CTRs).
All of these details were scrutinized, besides the loan profile of 924 individuals.
Published in Daily Times, February 9th 2019.
