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Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari summoned in money laundering case

On August 17, a local banking court in Karachi had issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Zardari and other absconding suspects in the ongoing probe

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Asif Ali Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has summoned former president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister tomorrow in a Rs 35 billion money laundering and fake bank accounts case.

In July, the Supreme Court listed Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur as beneficiaries in an alleged scam "running into billions of rupees" that led to the arrest of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman's close aide and famous banker Hussain Lawai. The FIA issued notices yesterday to the former president and his sister to appear at the agency's headquarters in Islamabad tomorrow. This is the fourth time they have been summoned, Dawn newspaper reported.

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