LAHORE: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif is likely to get clean chit by FIAin Rs 16 billion money laundering case as the prosecutors have asked for along adjournment from the court.
Furthermore there are reports that the entire case is likely to be reinvestigated and there will be no indictment in the case.
The indictment of newly-elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a Rs16billion money laundering case was delayed by the Federal InvestigationAgency (FIA) due to absence of Mr Sharif and the prosecution team.
Hamza Shehbaz along with his legal team appeared before a special court(Central-I). However, an application for one-time exemption from personalappearance was filed on behalf of Mr Sharif on account of his election asprime minister in the National Assembly.
A prosecutor told the court that the special prosecution team did notappear as it had no fresh instructions from the FIA.
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Presiding Judge Ijaz Hassan Awan asked the defence counsel to ensure theappearance of the suspects so that the charges could be framed to formallystart the trial proceedings.
Advocate Amjad Pervez, the defence counsel, argued that the court needed toexamine first whether the evidence submitted by the prosecution was enoughfor the indictment of Shehbaz. He requested the court for a longadjournment in the case, saying he was set to leave for Saudi Arabia toperform Umrah.
