‘It is a slap in nation’s face’, PTI reacts to PM, son’s acquittal in money laundering case

LAHORE: Reacting to the acquittal of the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in the money laundering case, PTI on Wednesday termed the development a “slap in the nation’s face by the judicial system”.

Commenting on the special court’s decision, PTI Chairman Imran Khan told a gathering in Lahore that PM Shehbaz and Hamza’s acquittal has covered up their theft worth billions of rupees.

In a tweet, PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that the allegedly laundered “Rs24 billion have been passed over for the father-son duo”.

“On one hand, [they] are seeking funds for flood victims. On the other hand, one family has looted billions of rupees,”Fawad said, adding that the laundered money belonged to the people of Pakistan.

24 ارب روپے کی منی لانڈرنگ شہباز شریف اورحمزہ شریف کے سر پرُواری، عدالتی نظام کے عوام کے منہ پر ایک اور طمانچہ 14 ہزاراکاؤنٹس پر عرق ریزمحنت کے اور فُول پروف مقدمہ یہ پاکستان کے لوگوں کے پیسے ہیں ایک طرف سیلاب زدگان کیلئے پیسے مانگ رہے ہیں دوسری طرف ایک خاندان اربوں روپے کھا گیا

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) October 12, 2022

Taking a jibe at the court’s decision, another PTI leader Maleeka Bokhari tweeted that the “country’s major criminals” and “convicted thieves” have been “respectfully acquitted” today.

While PTI’s Parliamentary Leader in Sindh Khurrum Sher Zaman stated that he was not surprised at the acquittal of PM Shehbaz and Hamza.

“The prosecution’s strings are in the hands of the imported government. We could foresee their purpose of coming into power,” he tweeted, adding that the resignation of the Federal Investigation Agency’s Director General and the absence of a witness is the actual sign of favouritism.