The NAB chief said that the Supreme Court has directed the bureau to probe the money-laundering case, for which the case should be transferred to the NAB court in Rawalpindi. NAB officials submitted before the court that NAB Chairman issued the orders for transfer of case under Section 16-A of NAB Ordinance. NAB had informed banking court about the transfer of case on February 14, 2019 when the court held the hearing on the case.
Following the NAB Chairman's request, banking court issued notices to accused in money-laundering case including former President Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and others in the case for February 20, 2019. Money laundering case involves billions of rupees transactions through fake bank accounts, in which former President Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Anwar Majeed, Chairman Omni Group, Hussain Lawai, former banking and many others have been held accused.
Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur are on the pre-arrest bail when banking court extended their bail to March 05, 2019 few days back whereas other accused are in the custody of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and the NAB.