PTI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday appeared earlier than a particular court docket right here in a multi-million greenback cash laundering case in opposition to him.
Shehbaz, 70, and his sons Hamza, 47, and Suleman, 40, have been booked by the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) in November 2020 below varied sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Anti-Cash Laundering Act in a ₹16 billion cash laundering case.
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The case is being heard by a particular court docket in Lahore, which had already granted pre-arrest bails to each Shehbaz and Hamza. Suleman is absconding and dwelling in Britain. Through the listening to on Saturday, Shehbaz requested the court docket to permit him to talk which the decide granted.
“I by no means dedicated a single penny of corruption nor acquired any kickbacks in any mission throughout my tenure because the chief minister of Punjab. Throughout my tenure, I’d hand over my wage and different perks amounting to ₹100 million,” the prime minister mentioned.
The daddy and son’s counsel Amjad Pervaiz offered his arguments in his purchasers’ plea for acquittal, informing the court docket that the FIA has eliminated expenses of PKR 9 bn from its cost sheet initially offered earlier than the court docket because it has no proof in opposition to his purchasers.
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The counsel additional mentioned that the indictment of the PM and his son was not potential on this case because it lacks proof.
The court docket adjourned the listening to until October 11.
The court docket has already declared Shehbaz’s youthful son Suleman a proclaimed offender within the case. Shehbaz usually says Suleman takes care of the household enterprise.