The hearing of bogus bank accounts and money laundering case against PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz was extended till January 4 by a banking crime court in Lahore.
The case was deferred after preliminary arguments over the court’s jurisdiction were heard. The court instructed the attorneys to be prepared to present their arguments in the money laundering case on the next scheduled hearing date.
In the next session, Shehbaz Sharif and the FIA’s lawyers would present their views on the court’s jurisdiction over the case.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had previously challenged the case’s jurisdiction.
Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who is currently serving as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan, in office since 11 April 2022. He is the current president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). Previously in his political career, he served as the Chief Minister of Punjab three times, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of Punjab.
Shehbaz was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab in 1988 and to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1990. He was again elected to the Punjab Assembly in 1993 and named Leader of the Opposition. He was elected as chief minister of Pakistan’s most populous province, Punjab, for the first time on 20 February 1997. After the 1999 Pakistani coup d’état, Shehbaz along with his family spent years of self-exile in Saudi Arabia, returning to Pakistan in 2007.
