Lahore: (Staff Reporter) An accountability court granted one-day exemption to PMLN leader Hamza Shahbaz from hearing in money laundering and asset beyond means cases against the Sharif family. A lawyer for the former Punjab chief minister told court that his client was in London for treatment of his daughter, who is a cardiac patient.
According to the source, the accountability court judge accepted the exemption plea and adjourned the hearing till Jan 12, 2023. In October last, a special court in Lahore acquitted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in an Rs.16 billion money-laundering case due to the lack of evidence against them.
Furthermore the father-son duo was booked by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in November 2020 under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Anti Money Laundering Act while they were in the opposition.
Meanwhile the agency filed the case in December 2021, accusing them of laundering Rs16.3 billion by using 28 different accounts between 2008 and 2018.
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