*The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has appointed a new specialprosecutor in a money laundering case against Shehbaz Sharif’s family. *
Farooq Bajwa Advocate has been appointed as the special prosecutor in themoney laundering case against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PunjabChief Minister Hamza Shahbaz.
The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification regarding the newspecial prosecutor’s appointment.
Prior to Farooq Bajwa’s appointment, Sikandar Zulqarnain was FIA’s specialprosecutor in the money laundering case against Shehbaz Sharif’s family,however, the agency stopped him from pursuing the case.
Zulqarnain had also submitted a plea before the court for being stopped toappear in the hearings of the case. He had apprised the court that FIA wasnot interested in pursuing the case anymore.
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Moreover, the investigation officer (IO) in the money laundering case, FIAAssistant Director Nadeem Akhtar, was shifted to the Punjab Institute ofCardiology (PIC) after having cardiac pain. Nadeem Akhtar underwent primaryPCI at the hospital.
The Medical Superintendent (MS) of the PIC said that Akhtar underwent anangioplasty and stent procedure at the hospital and doctors have advisedhim to complete rest.
