Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari allegedly received millions of dollars in kickbacks for the purchase of three French submarines for the Pakistani Navy in 1994, a French daily has reported.

Citing documents acquired by it, the daily Liberation in Tuesday's edition claimed Zardari received USD 4.3 million in kickbacks from the sale of three Agosta-90 submarines for 825 million euros (currently USD 1.23 billion).