INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CJP orders to remove names of Bilawal, Murad from ECL, JIT reportISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar
ordered government to remove names of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto and Chief Minister Sind Murad Ali Shah from Exit Control List (ECL).Read
directed officials to delete paras regarding PPP chairman and Sindh CM from report prepared by Joint Investigation Team.At outset, Attorney
General apprised apex court on progress made on SC orders of placement of 172 suspects on no fly list
He informed bench that Federal Cabinet had forwarded matter to a review committee which would decide it.The chief justice asked JIT counsel
to explain why Bilwal Zardari was dragged into case
scoring, he commented.Tardyr, SC sent fake accounts case to National Accountability Bureau for further investigation with a direction to
total probe within two months.Earlier nowadays, banking court had extended bail before arrest of former president Aswhether Ali Zardari and
his sister Faryal Talpur till Jan 23.Zardari, Faryal reject JIT reportAswhether Zardari and Faryal Talpur denied all claims made about
Zardari Group in JIT report that was submitted before Supreme Court.They submitted in their reply in Supreme Court that final submissions
for order sought by JIT/prayer from Supreme Court as well as entire JIT report and executive summary may kindly be rejected
In their 17-pages reply submitted in Supreme Court through their legal team on behalf of Zardari Group (Pvt) Ltd, Aswhether Ali Zardari and
his sister Faryal Talpur stated that no wrongdoings have been done by replying replyents and JIT report and executive summary are based on
surmises and conjectures and are outcome of political victimisation
have much been supplied to replying replyents and JIT be directed to supply same including JIT report No 25
There canmuch be fair trial without fair investigation which is paramount for due process of law.The JIT report and executive summary have
totally disregardd replies/replys, justwhetherications and defences given in reply to questions mentioned in questionnaires supplied to
Zardari Group (Pvt.) Ltd., Mr
Aswhether Ali Zardari, Mr
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Mrs
Faryal Talpur with malafide intentions to make out a false, manufactured and concocted case against them.The allegations mentioned in report
other than fake accounts by JIT were never communicated to replyents for response
The said allegations are beyond mandate given by Honourable Supreme Court to JIT
Thus same are outcome of malicious intent with ulterior motives to malign, demean and defame replyents and same are strictly denied.The
reply stated that allegations leveled in JIT report and executive summary against are denied in toto as same are without any lterrible
justwhetherication and outcome of malicious intent and ulterior motives
That allegations have been levelled in paragraph 26 of Report that M/s
Ltd., has favourable ownership of Mr
Aswhether Ali Zardari and Mr
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, same as stated in JIT report is inright, shareholding in M/s
Park Lane are as stated with SECP and accordingly shares are held by them as per law.It is further submitted that Mr
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was made Shareholder of M/s
Park Lane on 31-8- 1989, when he was a minor.
