Brief List of Criminal & Civil Cases against Mr. Asif Ali Zardari

A partial list of cases outstanding against the recently elected Co-Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, as posted on the Party's website, along with the Party's comments (edited):

Criminal Cases

1. Mir Murtaza Murder Case - FIR 443/96, Case pending before Sessions judge Karachi (East). Bail granted on 24-11-1998. Till date only 24 witnesses have been examined out of 200 mentioned by the Prosecution. Trial again started on 5th July 2003 after a lapse of 2 ½ years.

2. Nizam Murder Case – FIR No. 357/96 of Police Station Feroze Abad, Karachi – Pending before Sessions Judge Karachi Central – Bail granted on 12 March 1999.

3. Container Case – FIR No. 2/97 of FIA SBC Circle, Karachi – Pending before Special Judge Central, Karachi – Bail granted on 28-11-1998. Acquittal Appeal pending before Sindh High Court, Karachi.

4. Alam Baloch Murder Case – FIR No. 70/97 of Police Station Qasimabad, Hyderabad – Pending before Sessions Judge, Hyderabad for trial. – Bail granted on 11-12-1999. Trial not yet commenced.

5. Sajjad Hussain Murder Case: Police Stations Defence Karachi – Pending before Additional sessions Judge Karachi South. Mr Zardari was acquitted in this case by Sindh High Court on 12-8-2003.

6 & 7: Two Suicide Cases – FIR 65/99 and FIR 66/99 of Police Station Civil Lines Karachi – Bail granted on 26-2-2000 – Mr Zardari was acquitted by Judicial Magistrate Syeda Parveen Shah, Karachi on 9-7-2003. In FIR 65/99, Mr Zardari was acquitted on 30-7-2003.

8. KESC Case – Karachi – Mr Zardari has been acquitted in this Case by Sindh High Court Karachi in 1998.

9. Narcotics Case – FIR 525/97 of Police Station, Qilla Gujar Singh, Lahore – Pending before Sessions Judge Lahore – Bail granted on 15-12-2001.


Accountability References

1. Reference No. 14/2001 (Assets Reference), Pending before Accountability Court No. IV, Rawalpindi.

2. Reference No. 6/2000 (Polo Ground Reference), Pending before Accountability Court No. IV, Rawalpindi. Adjourned sine die by Court.

3. Reference No. 25/2000 (Ursus Tractors Reference), Pending before Accountability Court No. IV, Rawalpindi. Adjourned sine die by Court.

4. Reference No. 41/2001 (SGS Reference), Pending before Accountability Court No. II, Rawalpindi.

5. Reference No. 23/2000 (ARY Gold Reference), Pending before Accountability Court No. II, Rawalpindi.

6. Reference No. 35/2000 (Cotecna Reference) Pending before Accountability Court No. II, Rawalpindi. Adjourned sine die by Court.

7. Reference No. 59/2002 (BMW Car Reference), Pending before Accountability Court No. III, Rawalpindi – Judge Mohammad Aslam. In the above Reference, Bail petition filed in February 2002 before Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench was dismissed on 3rd June 2003. No. cogent ground was given for dismissal. Appeal filed against the dismissal order is pending before Supreme Court of Pakistan since July 2003.

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Source: Official PPP Website
http://www.ppp.org.pk/saaz/cases.html
Accessed 31 Dec 2007