'If they want to arrest me in fake accounts case, they can,Says Zardari

Former president Asif Ali Zardari said Thursday authorities had to prove his involvement in fake accounts case “if they want to arrest me”.

“Fictitious accounts in Sindh and Punjab isn’t a new thing. If they want to arrest me in fake accounts case they can, but first they have to prove that I went to the bank and got an account opened,” he said.

The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman was of the view the new government should be given six months to perform. “We will take to streets if people do not get relief,” he said.

Asif Ali Zardari, his sister Faryal Talpur and their associates are accused of sending Rs35 billion abroad through fake accounts after which, their names were placed on the Exit Control List (ECL).

An FIR stated that M/S Zardari Group (Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, etc) got Rs15,000,000 and were among the beneficiaries of the transaction trail of fake bank accounts maintained by Omni Group, owned by Anwar Majeed, another close aide of the former president.