In the Thatta Water Supply Reference, Asif Zardari and other accused will be charged via video link. Accountability court judge Azam Khan has issued a written order on the Thatta water supply reference.

The accountability court has ordered the NAB to arrange a video link to charge the accused for the crime. Fourteen accused, including former President Asif Ali Zardari, have been summoned on August 4.

Asif Zardari’s co-accused Ashfaq Leghari has been declared a fugitive from the case. Ashfaq Leghari is an employee of Omni Group and had fled abroad after NAB started the inquiry. Leghari was also wanted by NAB in the Sindh Roshan program.

It is to be noted that Nadeem Bhutto, in-charge of Naudero House, was arrested in Thatta Water Supply Reference. Asif Zardari was named as the accused after interrogation of Nadeem Bhutto.

According to the reference, illegal contracts of Thatta Water Supply were awarded. As a result of the contracts, money kept coming into Nadeem Bhutto’s accounts through fake accounts and Nadeem Bhutto continued to manage Nodero House with this money.