The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi has approached Interpol in a bid to bring back Younus Kidwai, the alleged ‘front man’ of former president Asif Ali Zardari, in a fake accounts case, sources said on Saturday. Kidwai is accused of receiving bribes and kickbacks on the behalf of the former PPP co-chairman. According to NAB, other charges include using construction investment projects as a front for money-laundering. Two fake bank account stamps have also been recovered from his office. Kidwai, who fled to Canada, is also known as Younus Memon. He is a declared absconder in five NAB references. Kidwai is also being booked over Sindh Bank losing Rs 1 billon, embezzling amenity plots, and managing Zardari’s Park Lane accounts. It is pertinent to mention that Kidwai has his own frontman, one of the nine accused in the Omni Group money-laundering case, and who returned Rs600-million worth plots to Karachi Development Authority (KDA) in April 2019. Nadeem turned criminal informant during a NAB interrogation and handed over – to KDA (Karachi Development Authority) officials – the relevant paperwork for plots allocated to a temple and government library. The KDA administration, in a letter sent to the anti-corruption watchdog, confirmed that the accused had submitted stamp papers pertaining to ownership rights of the plots, sources said.
NAB asks Interpol to apprehend Zardari frontman
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi has approached Interpol in a bid to bring back Younus Kidwai, the alleged ‘front man’ of former president Asif Ali Zardari, in a fake accounts case, sources said on Saturday. Kidwai is accused of receiving bribes and kickbacks on the behalf of the former PPP co-chairman. According to NAB, […]
