ISLAMABAD
An accountability court in the federal capital on Friday sent four references, including money laundering case, against former president Asif Ali Zardari and others, back to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in response to incumbent government’s legislation that barred the court jurisdiction in the matter.
Accountability Judge Muhammad Bashir announced the verdict after hearing the arguments from Zardari’s counsel Farooq Naek and the NAB prosecutors. Advocate Naek argued that after the amendment to the National Accountability Ordinance, the NAB court had no jurisdiction to proceed in such matters.
Following the arguments, the judge returned the money laundering references against Asif Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Hussain Lawai and others to the anti-graft watchdog.
The plot allotment reference against Manzoor Qadir and others was also sent back to the NAB. The Sindh Bank reference against Bilal Sheikh and other suspects was also returned.
