The joint investigation team of the Federal Investigation Agency – FIA, has just revealed that transactions as high as those being of around 54 billion Rupees have been carried out, all via the aid of fake accounts. The report has been presented to the Supreme Court, as it would take the matter onto its own hands it would seem.
In an attempt to crack the case, JIT has been working the case – the one in particular which has its roots starting from 2015, and these pertain to fake accounts and fabricated transactions, which have been carried out through ‘benami’ accounts, via Sindh Bank, United Bank Limited (UBL), and also the Summit Bank.
Seven names have actually been traced which have a relation to such suspicious transactions. These names also include the likes of Asif Ali Zardari – the former president of Pakistan, and also, FaryalTalpur – the former president’s sister.
As many as 36 companies have been discovered by the JIT team which has been working on the case, and all of these have been linked with the Omni group. All these discoveries have indeed been made while the JIT continues to pursue the case.
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As per the reports, these accounts were used to channel funds – funds which were attained via kickbacks. The head of JIT, Ahsan Sadiq revealed in a report that since several accounts were opened for some brief time, it was revealed that such accounts belonged to rickshaw drivers, and also falooda vendors, amongst the other poor population of Pakistan. The accounts however, led to a smooth deactivation, as soon as the transfer of the money had taken place.
The head of the JIT also took this opportunity to complain to the court about the fact that the provincial government hasn’t made any attempt to cooperate with his team. To name a few, he made a statement that the chief secretary of Sindh, the agricultural secretary, and the irrigation secretary too had made no attempt to cooperate with his team.
Expressing his utmost displeasure over the issue, the chief Justice assured the head that the apex court will indeed proceed on the issue by summoning all these officials.
