An accountability court in Islamabad on Monday granted the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) 14-day physical remand of PPP leader Faryal Talpur to investigate a corruption case.
Talpur, sister of PPP co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, was nominated in a fake accounts case that is being probed by NAB. She was arrested by NAB on June 14 for alleged money laundering through fake accounts.
During today’s hearing, a NAB prosecutor told the court that Talpur had admitted that she transferred money to one Owais Muzaffar through the accounts, which are allegedly fake. The PPP leader had told the interrogators that she “did not know” that the accounts were fake, he said.
The NAB prosecutor said that Talpur had told them that the Zardari Group supplied sugarcane. The anti-corruption watchdog said it had to question Talpur regarding the statements of owners of land where the sugarcane was being grown.
