Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore has issued show cause notices toCh Pervaiz Elahi’s son Rasikh Elahi and his wife Zahra as well as MoonisElahi’s wife Tehreem in a money laundering case.
FIA issued notices under the Money Laundering Act 2010 following a courtorder.
According to the sources, FIA also issued show cause notices to otherco-accused in the case including Qaiser Iqbal Bhatti and Abid Bhatti.
In the show- cause notices, the FIA asked all the accused for money trailand evidence of the properties made through money laundering.
All the accused are directed to respond to the show cause notices at theearliest.
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It is pertinent to note that the FIA registered a FIR against PervaizElahi’s son after the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly. The agencyaccused him committing money laundering of over Rs30 million
According to the FIA, the State Bank of Pakistan had detected sometransactions involving huge amounts of money in the bank accounts of QaisarBhatti (a lower cadre employee of the Punjab Assembly) and three others. Inthis amount, some amount has been transferred to Rasikh and other Elahifamily members.
The sources said, the FIA has made some progress in the investigationagainst Parvez Elahi and his family members.
