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Friday, May 17, 2024  
08 Dhul-Qadah 1445  

Suleman Shehbaz acquited in money laundering case

Court also asked where Shahzad Akbar got his records from
File photo.
File photo.

Federal Investigation Agency’s central court in Lahore cleared Suleman Shehbaz and others in a money laundering case.

Suleman Shehbaz was present in court when the decision was announced.

Additional Director Shahid Hassan, who is the investigation officer in the case, also appeared in court. He submitted replies to 27 questions which had been posed by the court in the previous hearing.

The judge even asked the prosecutor to define what was meant by money laundering.

The court also asked the porsecutor to submit the record cited by former accountability advisor Shahzad Akbar and asked where he had got his record from.

The prosecutor replied that Akbar only met with director level officers of the agency.

The judge replied that the prosecutor was trying to pin the blame for the whole case on someone who had passed away.