Suleman Shahbaz acquitted in money laundering case

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s son Suleman Shahbaz in a multi-billion rupees money laundering case.

According to the details, FIA submitted the supplementary challan in the multi-billion rupee money laundering case in the Special Central Court and removed Suleman Shahbaz and Tahir Naqvi from the list of accused in the money laundering case.

The FIA, in its challan, stated that it was not proved that Suleman Shehbaz was the anonymous bearer of any public representative, adding that the prosecutor failed to produce any evidence of money laundering and illegal transactions against an accused bank account.

The FIA ??stated that the recorded statements of the persons who deposited the funds do not allege any kickbacks or commissions were given in the deposited funds. While no criminal evidence was found against the accused.

The report stated that the transactions were made from the bank account of Malik Maqsood for business purposes, which did not fall under criminal activity.

Suleman, who returned to Pakistan last year in December after four years of self-exile in London, was an accused in the Rs16 billion money laundering case registered with the FIA, in which the special court, central had also acquitted PM Shehbaz and his son Hamza Shahbaz last October.

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