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Shehbaz, Hamza to be indicted in sugar and money-laundering cases on Feb 18

Court postpones indictment of PM Shehbaz, Hamza in money laundering case

A special court (Central-I) on Thursday handed over copies of challan (investigation report) and other relevant documents to Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza fixing Feb 18 for their indictment in a sugar scam and money-laundering inquiry. Both Shehbaz and Hamza appeared before the court along with their legal … Read more

Shehbaz summoned for trial proceedings of sugar scam, money laundering inquiry

A team of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday served a summons of a special court (Central-I) at the Model Town residence of Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif for his appearance in trial proceedings of a sugar scam and money laundering inquiry. Shehbaz and his son Hamza are on pre-arrest bail … Read more

FIA Lahore director requests DG to cancel transfers of sugar inquiry team members

LAHORE: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore Director DIG Dr Muhammad Rizwan on Wednesday has written a letter to FIA Director General (DG) Sanaullah Abbasi requesting him to cancel transfer orders of five members of the sugar inquiry team as they don’t fall under the Rotation Policy 2021. Dr Rizwan wrote a letter to DG FIA … Read more

Accused roam free as sugar scam probe hangs in balance

Change in sales tax rates pushes sugar prices up 12.13%

LAHORE: Over a year and a half has passed since the start of high level investigations into the infamous sugar scandal – one of the biggest scams in the three-year tenure of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government – but not a single person among the accused have been arrested so far. On February 21, 2020, Prime … Read more

SBP seizes 36 bank accounts of Jahangir Tareen family

Jahangir Tareen

In a major development in the sugar scam inquiry, 36 bank accounts of Jahangir Tareen family have been seized by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). According to the details, of the 36 seized accounts, 21 of them owned by Jahangir Tareen’s son Ali Tareen, 14 accounts were owned by Jahangir Tareen himself whereas the … Read more