ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) sued arrest in prime minister and his son and chief of the Punjab minister in a money laundering case against Shehbaz Sharif and members of his family.
Sharif, his son Hamza Shehbaz and members of them family are facing accusations of money laundering of not less than 16 billion rubles. using accounts managed in title of their businesses and employees, according to the agency.
Today when asked, Farooq Bajwa, counsel for The agency informed the FIA to Special Court Judge (Central-I) Ijaz Hassan Awan. wanted take father-son duo in custody for interrogation to determine the degree of their roles in scandal.
He, on happening, also presented in court updated report on challan against 16 suspects nominated in a business.
Bringing your arguments on bail petition filed by Shehbaz, Amjad Pervez, his counsel said the FIA was dragging the case on for over 1.5 years, but never found success.
“Both Shehbaz and Sharif were twice interrogated in judicial arrest, which was bad intention on part of agency officials,” he said, adding that despite fact that statements of employees of his clients were recorded during government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) agency failed get something significant out of It.
“They even tried to get false testimony. in support of their statements against father and also sonno they got nothing,” he said.
Pervez said Sharif allegedly laundered the money. money through one Mushtaq Chini. “But the last one was not nominated in a business. Even his confession was not attached to the challan,” he said.
truth of the point is that he went onthat both of my clients were politically victimized, Pervez said. All this was done as part of of political engineering,” he said.
However, Judge Avan allowed both prime minister and chief minister leave the court.
Later, after talking to media outside court, Ataullah Tarar, press secretary for Punjab government said the time and money of in government have been wasted on cases for political reasons.
He said when Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government left power in 2018 inflation rate stood by just four percent.
He accused last PTI government of recklessly squandering public resources.
He also said Punjab government It was already reduced prices of wheat flour, and now you need steps to ensure sale of bread to people at lower rates.
“Now literate team is in place and all steps will be delivered to reduce prices of items of significant usehe said, and added that from now on on all ministers will pay for oil from your own pocket.
“We have already met goal purchase five million tons of wheat, Punjab government the spokesman said.
Tarar claimed all appointments made in Punjab government we on price.
“PTI government, on did nothing on the contrary. for masses. Former Chief of the Punjab minister Usman Buzdar spent billions of rupees on in renovation of in Chief Minister House,” he said, claiming that former prime minister Imran Khan had made bankrupt country.
He said he “never saw a man so cowardly as” former prime minister Imran Khan who took cover in Peshawar.
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The link basically blamed Sharif of be a beneficiary of assets held in title of his family participants and benamidars (frontmen), who had no sources acquire such assets.
He said family members and frontmen of Shehbaz family received fake money transfers from abroad of billions in their personal bank Accounts. In addition to these remittances, bureau said billions of rupees were laundered way of foreign payment orders that have been deposited in personal bank Accounts of Hamza and his brother Suleman Shehbaz.
The link further stated that family of Shehbaz failed substantiate sources of funds used for mastery of assets.
It is reported that the suspects committed offenses. of corruption and corrupt practices provided for by the provisions of National Accountability Ordinance 1999 and money laundering as noted in Money Laundering Act 2010. He asked the trial court to try the suspects and punish them in accordance with the law.
