38.6c New Delhi, India, Friday, March 29, 2024
International

Two More Graft Cases Against Former President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari

By VANDANA KOTHARI      07 October, 2020 11:20 AM      0 Comments
Former President Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari, former president of Pakistan was accused in the major money laundering case on 28th September along with his sister Faryal Talpur. They were accused of having fake accounts to park and launder ill-gotten wealth. After one week on Monday 5th October 2020, he was charged for two more graft cases which are the Park Lane case and Thatta Water Supply case by an anti-corruption court In Pakistan. 

Asif Ali Zardari, 63, husband of the country's first woman prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and the co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was last year arrested by National Accountability Bureau, and the bureau probed for months before releasing him in December on medical grounds.

19 others were accused in Park Lane Case and 15 in the Thatta Water Supply case by the Court. Zardari and his son Bilawal Ali Zardari are accused in the Park Lane Case of buying 307 acres of prime property in Islamabad using frontman at a very depreciated rate. 

In Thatta Water Supply Case it is alleged that a private contractor was illegally awarded project contracts.

Zardari pleaded in the court that he is not guilty and be acquitted in all the three cases, but the court rejected his plea. Zardari said that the allegations against him are a vilification campaign by Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (TIP).

He further said that "When we are in Opposition, such cases are filed against us," he added that "We have been going through these cases [in the past as well].”



Share this article:



Leave a feedback about this
TRENDING NEWS

arvind-kejriwals-plea-for-interim-release-rejected-by-delhi-high-court
Trending Judiciary
Arvind Kejriwal's plea for interim release rejected by Delhi High Court [Read Order]

Delhi High Court rejects Arvind Kejriwal's plea for interim release in money laundering case related to liquor policy scam, pending ED's response.

28 March, 2024 10:50 AM
youtuber-strings-plea-against-youtube-accounts-suspension-andhra-pradesh-hc-issues-notice-to-centre-google
Trending Top Stories
BREAKING: Youtuber String’s plea against Youtube accounts suspension: Andhra Pradesh HC issues notice to Centre, Google

Andhra Pradesh High Court issues notice to the Centre and Google LLC on Youtube journalist String’s plea against suspension of its accounts by Google (which owns Youtube).

28 March, 2024 11:26 AM

TOP STORIES

delhi-liquor-scam-court-remands-arvind-kejriwal-to-ed-custody-till-march-28-read-remand-application
Trending Judiciary
Delhi liquor scam: Court remands Arvind Kejriwal to ED custody till March 28 [Read Order]

Delhi liquor scam: Arvind Kejriwal remanded to ED custody till March 28. Court grants agency permission for interrogation in liquor policy case.

23 March, 2024 11:53 AM
sc-dismisses-centres-plea-for-review-of-judgment-directing-ed-to-furnish-written-grounds-of-arrest-to-pmla-accused
Trending Judiciary
SC dismisses Centre’s plea for review of judgment directing ED to furnish written grounds of arrest to PMLA accused [Read Order]

Supreme Court dismisses Centre's plea, upholds judgment mandating Enforcement Directorate to provide written grounds of arrest in PMLA cases.

23 March, 2024 03:14 PM
kerala-hc-to-hear-lesbian-couples-plea-against-forced-conversion-therapy-on-april-9
Trending Judiciary
Kerala HC to hear lesbian couple’s plea against forced conversion therapy on April 9

Kerala HC will hear a lesbian couple’s plea highlighting that one of them was subjected to forced conversion therapy.

23 March, 2024 03:30 PM
how-can-people-be-compelled-to-vote-madras-hc-asks
Trending Judiciary
“How can people be compelled to vote? Madras HC asks

“How can people be compelled to vote?”, the Madras HC queried in a plea asking employers in Tamil Nadu to demand proof from employees of having voted on polling day.

23 March, 2024 05:04 PM

ADVERTISEMENT


Join Group

Signup for Our Newsletter

Get Exclusive access to members only content by email