The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to initiate a money-laundering investigation against the son of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Moonis Elahi, Bol TV on Sunday reported.
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FIA sources said they will formally launch a probe against the former federal minister.
However, Moonis Elahi also reacted to the development from his Twitter handle and said the he had faced fabricated cases in past and he would defeat such nefarious designs again.
It should be noted that last year, former prime minister Imran Khan had tasked the FIA to investigate the sugar crisis throughout the country and find out who benefited from it.
Subsequently, a report by the agency released last year claimed that top PTI members as well as Moonis were among those who had allegedly gained from the sugar crisis in the country.
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Earlier, a spokesperson for the NAB had said that there is no pending inquiry against Moonis Elahi and termed such reports as part of propaganda against the national graft buster.
