The fake accounts joint investigation team has recommended a legal course against some 415 key individuals and some 172 entities allegedly involved in transactions of some Rs220 billion through 104 fake accounts.
Investigators during the course of JIT proceedings summoned some 620 individuals after Sep 9, 2018, revealed senior officials associated with those who have finalised JIT report consists of some 7,500 pages with over 10 volumes.IT summoned some 620 witnesses where some 470 witnesses got recorded their statements either direct or through their counsels, sources revealed. Some 70 accused either refused to respond JIT notices or found living abroad, sources continued to reveal that record of 210 entities/companies taken from FBR, SECP, SBP, Sindh government and NAB was thoroughly examined by JIT which got support of over 230 government officials in its 75 sittings.
JIT also finalised its investigation of around 20, 000 transactions accordingly. Statements of key accused ex President Zardari, MPA Faryal Talpur, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Mustafa Memon, Zain Malik of Bahria Town, Abdul Ghani Majeed, Aslam Masood, Anwar Majeed, Col (R) Asad Zaidi, Ghulam Qadir Marri and Ashraf D. Baloch were recorded by JIT, also clubbed their statements with the report. Business volume of Zardari Group Pvt Ltd, Omni Group, A-One International, M/s Bahria Town Karachi, M/s Iqbal Metals, Kingerete Project Management Pvt Ltd, Lucky International Ltd and other prominent entities operating in Sindh have been clubbed with the report carrying a volume based on the MLAs.
NAB, FIA, Nadra, SBP, SECP and FBR handed over all the relevant records but JIT revealed in its report that Sindh government has yet to handover complete record of all the contracts.
JIT Volume-IV also revealed that payment of Rs4.14 million on June 29, 2015 from a fake account owned by M/s Logistic Trading for food supplies to Bilawal House by M/s ‘The Deli’ restaurant. The report continued to reveal that a payment of Rs1.54 million of domestic water bill for the month of April 20, 2015 pertaining to House No D-30, Block 3, Clifton from a fake account of M/s Royal International which were maintained at a private bank in Karachi. The report also revealed that Zardari Group Pvt. Ltd. received a sum of amount through M/s Lucky International’s account maintained at a private bank in Karachi. JIT in its recommendations also suggested that a few JIT may be formed to probe many matters link to key accused holding assets abroad.
The report containing finalised on Wednesday carries profile of over 35 key accused and details of their assets parked abroad. The sealed report is being taken up by the Supreme Court on Monday (24th of December)
0 comments:
Post a Comment