ISLAMABAD - The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Rukhsana Bangash, the   political secretary of the former President Asif Ali Zardari in Money laundering case and directed her to appear before probe team along with detail records in this regard.

The NAB Rawalpindi Bureau has directed the Bangash to appear before NAB investigation team on October 19th along with details of her international and national bank accounts for recording her statement in this case. According to the NAB, Bangash had purchased $284,000 from the open market and transferred $343,000 abroad.

Bangash has served Zardari as a political secretary since 1990s. However, she came into the limelight after 2008 when Zardari became the president of Pakistan. Zardari was summoned by various accountability courts in NAB cases. Bangash has accompanied him on almost every court appearance over the years.

The NAB approved a probe against her in 2002 after first deciding to interrogate her in the fake accounts case in 2019.