KARACHI: A banking court resumed on Tuesday the hearing of a case pertaining to money laundering against the former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur.
Zardari and Talpur along with Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed and his three sons were present in the court today (Tuesday).
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As the session commenced, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) prosecutor objected to a petition filed by the Omni Group requesting to unfreeze its bank accounts.
The FIA prosecutor stressed that the Supreme Court had ordered the special court not to issue a ruling on Omni Group’s appeal to unfreeze their accounts.
To this Majeed’s lawyer replied that the apex court had not placed a restriction on presenting arguments regarding the matter.
To this, the judge remarked that the court will decide after reading the Supreme Court’s order.
The defence counsel further requested the court to direct the FIA to present the final challan today.
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In response to this, the judge observed that the matter was now being heard in the apex court. “We can only give a timeframe to the FIA (for now,)” the judge added.
After issuing non-bailable arrest warrants for five absconders, yet again, the court adjourned the session till October 16.
The absconders include Hussain Lotha, Arif Khan, and Azam Wazir Khan.
In the previous hearing, the Supreme Court had directed the special court to not issue any orders in the case without informing it beforehand.
