money laundering case
LAHORE
Mirza Shahzad Akbar, a leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former special assistant to the prime minister, has challenged the acquittal of former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif by a special court in Ramzan Sugar Mills and Al-Arabia Sugar Mills money laundering cases.
The court had cleared the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and his son Suleman Shehbaz Sharif of alleged Rs25 billion money laundering charges.
In his petition, Akbar asserted that the court without applying judicial mind discharged the accused persons merely relying upon its own assumptions which was purely contrary to the law.
He sought the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) intervention to set aside the court’s order it had passed on July 10, 2023, and direct the concerned quarters to take action against the petitioner for allegedly launching false prosecution against the respondents Shehbaz Sharif and Suleman Shehbaz.
