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Fawad Chaudhry to take MQM leadership in confidence over fake accounts JIT report: sources

KARACHI: Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry will meet Muttahida Qaumi Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P) leadership and will take them into confidence over the JIT report in fake accounts case, sources told ARY News on Monday.

According to details, the minister, who will arrive in Karachi on a short visit to the province is likely to meet coalition partner MQM-P leadership and will take them into confidence over ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) future strategy over findings Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in fake accounts case which names a number of PPP leaders.

Two days ago, sources told ARY News that Prime Minister Imran Khan has given Fawad Chaudhry a “special task” related to political setup in Sindh province and the minister will travel to the province to meet leaders like Zulfiqar Mirza and Ameer Bukhsh Bhutto.

The minister will meet some other political leaders too and may take them into confidence over the report of Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in fake accounts case, sources had added.

It is pertinent to note here that a JIT report submitted in the Supreme Court in fake accounts case on December 24 held the Zardari and Omni groups responsible in the mega money laundering and fake accounts case.

The report revealed that at least 29 bank accounts had been identified as fake which were used for money laundering of Rs42 billion.

Hours after the report was submitted in the apex court, Fawad Chaudhry, while addressing a presser claimed that Sindh’s Public Sector Development Program’s (PSDP) suffered due to such practices in the province.

PTI MPAs from Sindh Assembly Khurram Sherzaman and Haleem Adil Sheikh not only demanded resignation from CM Sindh Murad Ali Shah but also claimed that the PTI can topple the PPP government in Sindh.

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