Staff Reporter Islamabad
Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday moved an accountability court for his acquittal in the Toshakhana (gift depository) reference.
In September 2020, an anti-graft court had indicted the former president along with ex-prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in the reference.
Zardari had been accused by the National Accountability Bureau of illegally retaining expensive vehicles gifted by various foreign states and dignitaries instead of depositing them in the Toshakhana.
According to the anti-corruption body, Zardari retained the vehicles “against a nominal payment of 15% of their total value” through “dishonest and illegal means for personal benefit and interest”.
