KARACHI – The Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants of former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani among 10 other accused in a case related to the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).
Judge Muhammad Azeem was hearing the case. During the hearing, the Federal Intelligence Agency (FIA) has submitted final charge sheet of seven more TDAP cases before the court. The charge sheet declared the suspects including Gilani and PM Secretariat secretary Muhammad Zubair, absconders in the case.
The court accepting the charge sheet issued non-bailable arrest warrants of the accused that also include former TDAP director general Abdul Karim Daudpota; Farhan Junejo, Mehar Haroon Rasheed, Waqar Ahmed and other officers of the authority. The court ordered FIA to produce all accuses including the former prime minister before the court on May 19.
The Federal Intelligence Agency said that the accused caused billions of loss to the national treasury in 2008 under the head of freight subsidy tax.
