The court had reprimanded the FIA for withdrawal of money from Musharraf's frozen
bank accounts and directed it to present a report.
Specifically, the Judge ordered the freezing of the
bank accounts following an ex parte application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
"Back home in India, it is common for couples to have joint
bank accounts. If you see the terms are usually Mr.
Zardari, his sister and other accused are facing charges of laundering more than Rs35 billion through fake
bank accounts. Zardari's close aides Hussain Lawai and Anwar Majeed have also been nominated in the scam.
The businessman argues that many other customers, including him, are likely to suffer great losses if his
bank accounts are closed.
NAB arrested former secretary KDA Aftab Memon last week in the fake
bank accounts case who is in the custody of NAB for remand by the NAB.
'Upon the closure of the
bank account, the PECO managing director had immediately approached the Ministry of Industries, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and National Accountability Bureau (NAB), as all the commercial operations of the company were halted badly owing to the closure,' they stated.
"Therefore, we advise our fellow citizens to avoid any offer to rent
bank accounts or cards in order to be safe from legal punishment."
Speaking at a press conference, he said the agreement with Switzerland to gain information about foreign
bank accounts of Pakistanis was a great achievement.
It was then decided that the funds in such ambiguous
bank accounts be blocked and retained by the State Bank of Pakistan till the court's final verdict about the disposal of these funds.
figure By JOSEPH WANGUI The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has obtained court orders to investigate
bank accounts belonging to former Ol Joro Orok MP John Waiganjo following claims of fraud, embezzlement and misappropriation of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) money during his tenure in office.Nyeri Resident Magistrate Ruth Kefa heard that the investigation report is needed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji.
It is generally accepted that over 70% of Ghana's population do not have
bank accounts. With 2018 population figure of 29,614,337, this works out to over 20,730,036 Ghanaians who do not have
bank accounts.
ISLAMABAD:Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday directed Federal Investigation Agency to unfreeze
bank accounts of former minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi after being acquitted from Hajj corruption case.
The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has managed to secure a freeze order on all
bank accounts and other assets owned by the Maute terrorist group.
UK-based
Bank Account Based Blockchain (BABB) has said that it has raised USD20m in funding to open its first regulated blockchain-based
bank accounts before the end of the year, the BBR has reported.