LAHORE; A special court on Friday deferred indictment of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) president , Shahbaz Sharif, Hamza Shahbaz and Suleiman Shahbaz and others in money laundering case .
The court had fixed February 18 , 2022 to indict the PMLN president , his two sons and two other accused in Ramzan Sugar Mills money laundering scam case
On the outset of Friday’s hearing , the counsel for Shahbaz Sharif told the court that the copies of the challan submitted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) were unreadable sue to its poor quality print. The court ordered to FIA to provide the counsel for Shahbaz Sharif fresh copies having clear print and deferred the hearing into Rs 16 billion money laundering scam for February 28, 2022.
FIA is pursuing the case of Ramzan Sugar Mills relating to the money laundering against Shahbaz Sharif and his two sons besides other two accused . The FIA counsel had submitted challan to the court in last hearing and it was followed by fixing of February 18, 2022 for indictment of the accused.
Talking to the media outside the court, Shahbaz Sharif said the government postponed the national assembly scheduled for Friday to focus on his and other accused indictment in pre planned Ramzan Sugar Mills money laundering case. He said the prosecution has failed to present before corruption of a single penny against him or any of his family member. Shahbaz Sharif claimed that the government policy of pushing its political opponent out of national politics will not succeed.
The government spokesmen kept on mocking Shahbaz Sharif for complaining of poor quality print of challan to stop the court from his and other accused indictment in the case of money laundering.
Information minister, Fawad Hussain Chaudhary, rediculed Shahbaz Sharif and asked the PMLN to muster up courage to demand day-to-day hearing of the case. Furrukh Habib, state minister for Information said PMLN hid behind photo copies of challan to get deferred his indictment in Rs 16 billion money laundering case.
