Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on February 13, GNN reported.
According to details, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has directed Bilawal Bhutto to appear before the bureau along with all records of Zardari Group Company from 2008 to 2019.
NAB has also sought list of board of directors of Zardari Group Company.
The Rawalpindi bureau has issued a notification in this regard.
Bilawal Bhutto has been accused of withdrawing Rs 1.22 billion from fake account for his private company. NAB has also acquired the audit report and Bilawal’s signed document.
Bilawal Bhutto has been summoned for the fourth time by NAB while he appeared before the bureau only once.
On December 24, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) summoned Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari into fake accounts probe for JV-Opal-225, a joint venture of Zardari Group Ltd.
The Opal-225 (referred in tax record is a joint investment of Zardari Group Ltd) was initiated on October 15, 2011. In 2009, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his father became shareholders of the company.
Both of them have a stake of 25 percent each in the company.
Allegedly, billions of rupees were transferred to the company’s accounts via fake bank accounts. The company took out loans of billions of rupees from the banks.
Earlier, on December 9, the National Accountability Bureau filed eight referencess in the fake bank accounts case in the NAB court.
According to the NAB, reference was lodged against alleged embezzlement in the Sindh Bank funds of worth billions.
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