The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday issued notices to former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur, directing both of them to appear at the agency’s headquarters in Islamabad on Monday.
This is the fourth time the FIA has summoned the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman and his sister. Despite earlier summons, Zardari and Talpur failed to appear before FIA’s joint investigation team probing a multi-billion money laundering scam.
On August 17, a local banking court in Karachi issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Zardari and other suspects in the ongoing probe.
However, the following day the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted protective bail to Asif Ali Zardari after he approached the court against his arrest warrants. A single bench comprising Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb approved the bail petition.
Published in Daily Times, August 26th 2018.
