Staff Reporter
Islamabad
An accountability court in Islamabad on Wednesday ruled that Asif Ali Zardari be indicted in three corruption references against him, while dismissing the former president’s pleas against the cases.
The court had reserved its decision on September 17. According to the verdict, announced by Judge Azam Khan, Zardari cannot be acquitted in references pertaining to fake bank accounts. The accountability court also summoned all the suspects, including Zardari, on September 28.
The former president had urged the court to dismiss corruption references pertaining to money laundering, Park Lane and Thatta water supply. Zardari is facing multiple corruption cases that have stemmed from a mega money laundering scandal, which came into the limelight in 2018. The former president, his sibling Faryal Talpur and several of their business associates are being probed as part of a 2015 case regarding fake accounts.
