Ijaz Haroon to be produced before the accountability court today

By Muhammad YaseenPublished On 06 Jan 2023

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) will produce Ijaz Haroon, former managing director of Pakistan International Airlines, before an accountability court in Islamabad on Saturday (today).

According to sources, Ijaz Haroon, reportedly a close aide to Pakistan People’s Party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, had been shifted to the federal capital.

The NAB team will seek remand of Haroon to probe the charges of corruption against him. The anti-graft watchdog had arrested the former PIA MD on the charges of fraud, fake accounts, and corruption.

According to the anti-graft watchdog, Ijaz Haroon had been arrested for his alleged role in corruption with the Omni group. NAB sources had said that Ijaz Haroon had sold 12 plots to fake allottees as secretary Kidney Hill Housing Scheme and laundered Rs144 million into the Omni group via two fake accounts.

Former president Asif Ali Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, his aunt Faryal Talpur, former chief minister Qaim Ali Shah, provincial minister Anwar Siyal and real estate tycoon Malik Riaz are among as many as 172 accused in the fake accounts case.