Pakistan

TDAP cases: Anti-graft court issues former PM Gillani’s warrants

Court orders the Federal Investigation Agency to arrest the accused and present them by June 2

Zubair Ashraf May 06, 2016

Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. PHOTO: AFP

KARACHI: An anti-corruption court on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for a number of accused including former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, charge-sheeted in around seven cases pertaining to misuse of power and corruption at the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).

The Federal Anti-Corruption Court judge Muhammad Azeem issued warrants after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) which is probing into the scam, nominated Gillani, his former secretary Muhammad Zubair and others as absconding suspects.

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The judge also ordered the FIA to arrest the accused and present them before the court by June 2. Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) central leader Gillani, some senior bureaucrats and others had been booked for their alleged involvement in the multi-billion-rupee scam.

They have been accused of allegedly issuing fake trade subsidies and making fraudulent claims for receiving kickbacks and commissions.

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The former premier and others are already charge-sheeted in more than 70 similar cases while a dozen more cases are in the pipeline for final investigation.

Gillani is already on bail in the rest of the cases.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 6^th, 2016.

COMMENTS (2)

Last Man Alive | 8 years ago | Reply This nation is indebted to Mr. Gilani's kind gesture of returning the personal necklace of the First Lady of Turkey that she had donated for flood victims in Pakistan and was by Mr. Gilani presumably as his democratic "privilege".

mirza | 8 years ago | Reply He should be punished if he is guilty. It is very likely that he is guilty.

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