Rehman Malik barred from Bilawal House

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Off limits: Rehman Malik barred from Bilawal House
By Sameer Mandhro
Published: May 1, 2015
KARACHI:
The doors of Bilawal House have been slammed shut on Senator Rehman Malik, a close and trusted lieutenant of former president and party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, sources disclosed to The Express Tribune on Thursday.

Security guards deployed around the PPP’s political headquarters have been instructed not to allow Malik and 10 other men to enter the premises of the house, sources added. “He is not the only person but a key person whose name has been mentioned in the list,” sources said, adding that 10 other people, including key people from the Zardari tribe, have been included in the list.

Sources informed that the instructions have been given by Zardari. It was not confirmed if the differences were personal or political. “These differences could be personal,” sources said.

Internal differences within the PPP have emerged over the last couple of weeks since former Sindh home minister and one of Zardari’s closest friends disclosed secrets of the former president.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 1st, 2015.

 

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Zardari-Ayyan ties 'direct and private': Mirza


Zardari-Ayyan ties 'direct and private': Mirza
12:06 Apr 29, 2015 Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: At daggers drawn with his erstwhile crony, the disenchanted Pakistan People’s Party leader Zulfiqar Ali Mirza, continues to stab his estranged friend Asif Ali Zardari in the back with scathing allegations, Samaa reported Tuesday.

Talking to Samaa TV’s Agahi Award winning anchor, Nadeem Malik, Mirza let lose scores of hornets at Zardari. One of the most stinging one was about PPP Co-chairman’s character.

“Mr Zardari had very close ties with Ayyan Ali, the fashion-model-cum-money-mule. His 'contact' with her was ‘direct and private’ --kind of that I cannot further comment on while speaking on live TV,” Mirza said leaving a lot to the imagination of viewers.

Moving ahead, ex Sindh home minister, who is Mr Zardari’s boyhood buddy, could not resist letting the cat out of the bag on former slain premier Benazir Bhutto’s widower’s ‘academic escapades’ in Cadet College Petaro.

“Mr Zardari failed in the eighth grade not once but twice. Once upon a time we were classmates but then a time came when I was two-years senior to him --thanks to his failing grades,” Mirza said showing no qualms at all.

Later, it was revealed that a PPP leader Nadir Magsi has offered Mirza to help him mend fences with Mr Zardari.

“I have rejected the offer as I don’t need any go-between. I know what I am doing,” Mirza told Samaa.

Zardari laundered money through Ayyan: Zulfiqar Mirza - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

Zardari laundered money through Ayyan: Zulfiqar Mirza
Dawn.com — Updated Apr 22, 2015 03:16pm

KARACHI: Zulfiqar Mirza accused former president Asif Ali Zardari of laundering money through super model Ayyan Ali, and called for the formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to investigate the matter.

In an appearance on the DawnNews show ‘Jaiza’, the former interior minister of Sindh said that the money being laundered to a foreign country belongs to Asif Zardari, asserting that Ayyan Ali was ferried back and forth from Bilawal House with full protocol.

He said that if Ayyan hadn’t been arrested, then she would be Faryal Talpur’s sister-in-law ─ and his.

Mirza said that investigating Zardari for corruption should not be a difficult task for authorities, but that despite the prime minister’s statement, the National Accountability Bureau was not taking action against corrupt people.

PPP is 'not the same'
When questioned about the differences between Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Zulfiqar Mirza said that after hearing how Zardari spoke about his son on television, anyone would disbelieve claims denying a rift between the two.

When asked why there were differences between the two, Mirza claimed that when Bilawal expressed a wish for Rangers to conduct operations in Karachi, he was given a break from party leadership.

Mirza is of the opinion that the People’s Party is not the same as it used to be. Referring to it as a ‘hardcore Zardari League’, he said that only Zardari and ‘his people’ have any say in the party.

The former minister also said that he wants to free the helpless people of Sindh from the current leadership of the PPP.

Watch the complete interview here

Ayyan not cooperating with customs authorities
On April 11, during a hearing at a special customs court, customs authorities presented a report regarding investigation carried out in the money laundering case against Ayyan. Customs authorities present in court stated that Ayyan does not cooperate during investigation.

The court extended Ayyan's judicial remand to 14 days and adjourned the hearing till April 24.

Ayyan was arrested by customs officials on March 14 from Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad after $508,000 were recovered from her possession.

She was arrested for violation of Section 2(s) of the Customs Act 1969 which is a ‘predicate offence’ under the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) 2010.

The offence is non-bailable and non-cognisable, which is why the The Federal Board of Revenue's Director General of Intelligence and Investigation is also seeking permission to investigate it.

The FBR fears that the case against Ayyan may break down because it has not been framed under the relevant sections of the law, which would empower the FBR’s DG I&I to pursue it.

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