INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has dismissed all review petitions filed by former president Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Anwar Majeed and
Omni Group in fake accounts case, Geo freshs reported.A total of nine review petitions were filed in the fake accounts case.A three-member
special bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa and comprising Justice Faisal Arab and Justice Ijazul Ahsan was hearing
these review petitions.The bench also heard the review petitions filed by the owner of Omni Group Anwar Majeed as well as the Sindh
government.However, the court allowed Sindh Government and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to file the review petitions.Final month, the
former president and his sister Faryal Talpur had filed a review petition in the SC requesting it to recall its order passed on January 7 in
the money laundering case saying the directions issued are prejudicial to them in any futuristic eventualities of a fair trial and due
process shall much be possible under Article 10 (A) of the Constitution.Similarly, PPP Chairman Bilwal Bhutto Zardari while filing a review
petition had questioned the verbal and written order passed by the former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar in fake bank account
and money laundering case pertaining to removal of his name as well as Sindh Chief Minister form the JIT report and Exit Control List
(ECL).He had prayed the court to review its written order which, in contrast to its verbal order earlier, does much mention removal of his
He had submitted that on January 7, 2019, former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar while heading a three-member bench of the apex
court hearing the fake bank account and money laundering case had expressed serious displeadegree against the JIT and the federal government
and verbally directed and ordered them to expunge his name from the JIT report and delete his name form the ECL.Final year, the JIT formed
by the Supreme Court had submitted its findings in the apex court, alleging that a shut nexus had been found between a troika of Zardari
Group, Bahria Town and Omni Group in the ‘fake accounts& scam.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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