Observer Report
Lahore
The court of the judicial magistrate on Friday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant for Salman Shahbaz in a Rs25 billion money laundering case. Salman along with his father PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and brother Hamza Shehbaz is named in the money laundering case. The court has ordered to present Salman Shahbaz before the court on January 19. The warrants were issued at the request of FIA’s anti-corruption cell. According to the charges, Salman, Shahbaz and Hamza are accused of money laundering and suspicious bank transactions worth Rs25 billion were traced through fake accounts between 2008 to 2018. Last month, a three-member FIA team had visited the Kot Lakhpat prison and grilled the opposition leader over his alleged role in money laundering of upto Rs 25 billion. According to sources, the FIA team led by Assistant Director Muhammad Mardan had asked five questions from Shehbaz Sharif during the investigation process including queries on his foreign assets and offshore companies.
