Moonis Elahi, a leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and the son of Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, appeared in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Punjab Zone, Lahore’s office on Thursday to answer money laundering charges.
To show their support, former federal minister Liaquat Abbas Bhatti, MPA Khadeeja Farooqi, MPA Samina Khawar Hayyat, Saira Naseem, and a large number of party workers accompanied him to the office.
On the occasion, he was given a questionnaire in which he was asked whether he knew Nawaz Bhatti and Mazhar Iqbal; his association with Rahim Yar Khan Sugar Mills; how Makhdoom Umar Shehryar had obtained a mills’ license back in 2007; what he knew about Cascade and Axes capital companies; what he knew about two other persons nominated in the case, Muhammad Khan Bhatti and Wajid Khan; and did he have any knowledge about the purchase of shares in the Rahim Yar Khan Sugar Mills in 2013-14?
Moonis Elahi was charged with money laundering by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) yesterday (Wednesday, June 15, 2022).
According to reports, the FIA Corporate Crime Circle has filed a case against Moonis based on the sugar inquiry commission’s report.
According to FIA sources, ‘sufficient evidence’ was gathered against Moonis, prompting the agency to formally launch an investigation into him. He was accused of using “Hundi” to send money abroad.
If evidence is found against him, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the Speaker of the Punjab Assembly and father of Moonis Elahi, will also be investigated, according to the sources.
Also named in the case are Muhammad Khan Bhatti, Wajid Ahmed Khan Bhatti, Nawaz Bhatti, and Mazhar Iqbal.
Nawaz Bhatti and Mazhar Iqbal, two of the nominated defendants, have been arrested.
