A Pakistani court has extended the interim bail of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz in a money laundering case. Bail was extended till May 26. Special Court Judge Ijaz Hassan Awan adjourned the case till May 28.
Sharif’s lawyer said there was no evidence that Prime Minister Shahbaz had links with sugar mill owners and that many of the challans filed against him had been changed by the prosecution.
The lawyer argued that the evidence found by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was insufficient to prove the charges against Shahbaz.
The judge pointed out that ordinary people who come to the court are inconvenienced due to the security reasons of the Prime Minister. Shahbaz, however, said that he was coming to the court to abide by the laws of the country and to uphold the dignity of the court and instructed the security personnel not to block those coming to the court.
The money laundering case will come to court in December 2021. The report submitted to the court states that the FIA found 28 benami accounts belonging to the family of the Prime Minister.
English summary;Money laundering case: Pakistan PM’s bail extended
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