Sir: PPP Co-Chairman, PPP Parliamentarians Chairman and under-graduate former Presidnt of Pakistan Mr Asif Ali Zardari continues to hitting headlines in the print and electronic media due to his political activities as well as the cases against him in the superior courts. But still, he has the courage to keep smiling all the time, somehow.
According to details about properties of Mr Asif Ali Zardari within the country and abroad in Britain, Belgium, France, USA and elsewhere, this scribe has found an important document from personal archives which was published way back in an English daily (The Nation) on April 01, 1998.
While scanning through this document, a new name of Shimmy Qureshi has come to the fore. Mr or Ms Shimmy Qureshi managed about nine properties of Mr Zardari in USA alone.
Mr Zardari’s 27 foreign bank accounts as then published are Union Bank of Switzerland (Account No 552.343,257.556.60 Q,433.142.60V,216.393.60T); Citibak Private Limited (SWZ) (Account No 342034); Citibank NA Dubai (Account No 818097);Barclays Bank (Suisse)(Account No 62290209); Barclays Bank (Suisse)(Account No 62274400); Banque Centrade Ormard Burrus SA; Banque Pache SA; Banque Pictet & Cle; Swiss Bank Corporation, Chase Manhattan Bank and American Express Bank Switzerland; Habib Bank (Pall Mall Branch); Habib Bank AG,Moorgate, London EC2;National Westminister Bank, Edgware Road London; Banque Financial E.Dela Citee, Credit Suisse; Habib Bank AG Zurich, Switzerland;Poctet Et Cle, Geneva; Credit Agricol, Paris; Credit Agridolf, Branch 11,Place Brevier, 76440, Forges Les Faux; Credit Agricole Branch Haute — Normandie,76230, Boise Chillaume; Banque La Henin, Paris; Bank Natinede Parris in Geneva; Barclays Banj (Knightsbridge Branch); Barclays Bank, Kingston and Chelsea Branch; National Westminister Bank, Barking Branch, and; National Westminister Bank, Alwych Branch.
No information was available whether these bank accounts are still active or not. But this information is for information of public at large as well as all others concerned authorities to find out the latest position in this regard, please. Thanks.
MAH SHEIKH
Lahore
Published in Daily Times, November 13th 2018.