Zardari, Faryal Talpur among seven placed on ‘stop list’ barred from flying abroad
ISLAMABAD, July 09 (INP): Former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur have been barred from flying abroad related to a money-laundering case by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday.
According to sources, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman is among seven suspects placed on the 'stop-list' — a provisional list of the FIA barring suspects from flying abroad before they are formally placed on the Exit Control List.
[timed-content-server show="07/10/2018 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]Others placed in the list include Nazli Majeed, Iqbal Khan Noori, Mustafa Zulqarnain and Ali Kamal Majeed. PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has also summoned a meeting over the issue in Lahore today. The FIA registered a case in Karachi last week over a money laundering scandal of Rs35 billion said to implicate politicians, businessmen and bankers. On July 6, FIA arrested Stock Exchange of Pakistan chairman Hussain Lawai, considered a close aide of Zardari. FIA arrests Hussain Lawai in money-laundering probe FIA officials maintain that 32 people, including Lawai, are being investigated for laundering billions of rupees through fictitious bank accounts. INP/AJ[/timed-content-server]
