• Special Judge Central Court heard the money laundering case.
• The FIA told the court that they did not find any evidence.
• The court adjourned the hearing till February 4.

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Department (FIA) has given clean chit to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman Shehbaz in a money laundering case.

The Special Judge Central Court heard the Rs 16 billion money laundering case against PM’s son Suleman Shehbaz. The FIA told the court that they did not find any evidence of money laundering and kickbacks.

Special Judge Central Bakht Fakhr Behzad heard the application of Suleman Shehbaz. Special prosecutor Farooq Bajwa and investigating officer presented with supplementary challan.

The court asked Suleman Shehbaz if he want to withdraw the bail pleas. According to the challan submitted by FIA the accused have no connection with this case, the court said.

Salman Shahbaz’s counsel told the court that money laundering was not proved against any of the accused.

The court adjourned the hearing till February 4 and all the accused were summoned for the arguments on the acquittal plea.

Earlier, an accountability court in Lahore granted interim bail to Suleman Shehbaz, son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in a money laundering case.

Suleman, who returned to Pakistan, was granted bail after he filed a petition for pre-arrest bail in the reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in 2020.

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