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A French newspaper accused President Zardari of having received millions of dollars in kickbacks from the 1994 submarines deal. Photo by Reuters

Zardari Made Millions From French Sub Deal -- DNA India

Islamabad: Already embroiled in several corruption charges, Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari is in the thick of another scam again. This one involves kickback to the tune of millions of dollars from the sale of three French submarines to the Pakistan navy in 1994.

Investigators say the non-payment of the full kickback amount may have led to the murder of 11 French nationals in a 2002. A French newspaper, Daily Liberation, citing documents, has claimed that during the second tenure of her wife Benazir Bhutto as the prime minister, Zardari had received $4.3 million in kickback from the sale of three Agosta 90 submarines for $1.237 billion. These were sent to Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau by the British authorities in April 2001.

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