{"id":73727,"date":"2024-03-21T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/zardari-moves-court-seeking-presidential-immunity-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T13:18:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T13:18:05","slug":"zardari-moves-court-seeking-presidential-immunity-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/zardari-moves-court-seeking-presidential-immunity-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Zardari moves court seeking presidential immunity | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Asif Ali Zardari filed on Thursday an application in an accountability court seeking presidential immunity in the Thatta water supply reference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

During the hearing of the case, the president’s counsel submitted the application and stated that the same has also been attained in other cases and the current case can not proceed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The court issued notices to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the case and adjourned the hearing till April 22.<\/span><\/p>\n

The other accused in the case include former secretary Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Ali Akbar, Ejaz Memon, Ali Akbar Abro, Khawaja Abdul Ghani Majeed, Manahal Majeed, Abdul Nadeem Bhutto and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

The water supply reference <\/a>pertains\u00a0to an alleged illegal award of a contract for the water supply scheme in\u00a0Thatta\u00a0to a private contractor.<\/span><\/p>\n

In January 2023, an accountability court sent back a corruption reference against Zardari after amendments to the NAB law.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read <\/span><\/strong>President claims immunity in Park Lane reference<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier, Zardari also secured presidential immunity in the Park Lane reference<\/a> case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Accountability court Judge Nasir Javed Rana presided over the proceedings and heard the Park Lane reference against the president and others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zardari\u2019s lawyer Farooq H. Naik emphasised that President Zardari’s status as the country’s elected head granted him immunity from legal action, thus rendering the continuation of the case against him untenable.<\/span><\/p>\n

NAB prosecutor contended that this case pertains to a private bank. It will first need to be determined whether this court can even hear it, as per the existing laws.<\/span><\/p>\n

Subsequently, the court adjourned the hearing until April 17.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main reference in the Park Lane case accused Zardari of influencing relevant authorities during his tenure as the president \u2013 from 2008 to 2013 \u2013 to obtain loans for his front companies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zardari allegedly received a loan of Rs1.5 billion released for Parthenon Private Limited \u201cwith ill intention\u201d, and the money was later transferred for his personal use through fake bank accounts. NAB accused him of causing the national exchequer a loss of Rs3.77 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

The anti-graft body later filed a supplementary reference against Zardari in the Park Lane case, accusing him of using fake documents to acquire a bank loan for a dummy corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Asif Ali Zardari filed on Thursday an application in an accountability court seeking presidential immunity in the Thatta water supply reference.\u00a0 During the hearing of the case, the president’s counsel submitted the application and stated that the same has also been attained in other cases and the current case can not proceed.\u00a0 The court 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