LAHORE: According to ARY NEWS, a Lahore court postponed the indictment of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and former Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz in a Rs16 billion money laundering case on Wednesday.
The FIA court heard arguments from the attorneys regarding the acquittal of Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz in the case today.
After Shehbaz Sharif declined to appear in court due to his involvement in relief and rescue operations in connection with the country's disastrous floods, the court postponed the indictment in the case.
Amjad Pervaiz, the attorney for the prime minister, requested at the hearing that the court lift the earlier court orders that had blocked his clients' bank accounts.
There is nothing wrong with the plea, according to the FIA prosecutor. The hearing was later postponed until September 17 by the court.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz were indicted on July 30 in a money laundering case brought by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on September 7.
On September 7 for the indictment proceedings, the court summoned all suspects in the case, including Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz.
Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza both requested to be excused from the hearing during today's hearing. The latter cited a backache, while the former claimed that he was engaged in official business in Islamabad and was unable to make it in time because of the bad weather since his doctors had advised against travelling by road.
Additionally, the FIA prosecutor did not object to the defence of exemption, which led to the court accepting their pleas.
According to the FIA, Shehbaz and his family are accused of exploiting the accounts of their sugar mills and employees to launder millions of rupees.
