LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency special court extended interim bail of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister-Elect Hamza Shehbaz till May 14 in the money laundering case.

Speaking on the occasion today before the court, Sharif’s counsel Amjad Pervaiz said that his clients can be indicted and he would give his arguments on it in the next coming hearings on the case,

Special judge central Ijaz Hasan Awan in response told Hamza Shehbaz’s counsel that in the next hearingthe court will either indict the accused or hear the arguments of the accused, further adding that the court will refrain from adjourning the case for long.

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif filed an exemption from personal appearance today.

he Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the challan submitted before the court had declared PMLN President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz as prime accused in Rs16 billion money-laundering scams through accounts of sugar mills and their employees. The FIA named 14 other accused in the case as well.

The FIA claimed that the father-son duo failed to provide a money trail of Rs16bn and declared them as the principal accused in the challan submitted before a banking court. As per the challan, the FIA declared Suleman Shehbaz as proclaimed offender in this case along with two other accused including Malik Maqsood Ahmad and Sayed Tahir Naqvi. As many as 100 prosecution witnesses will record their testimony in this case as prescribed in the challan.