LAHORE: The special court of Lahore issued a written order to hear the money laundering case against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others and ordered to freeze of 13 more bank accounts of Suleman Shehbaz.
According to the details, Judge Central Ijaz Hassan Awan of the Special Court of Lahore issued a 4-page written order, according which he issued an order to freeze the accounts of Sugar Mills and others opened on the identity card of Suleman Shehbaz.
In the written order, while giving details regarding the freezing of Suleman Shehbaz’s accounts, it has been said that the accounts of Al-Arabiya and Ramzan Sugar Mills opened on Sulaiman Shehbaz’s identity card should be frozen.
The order said that the accounts of Chiniot Power, Sharif Fed, and Unitas Steel opened on Sulaiman Shehbaz’s ID card should also be frozen.
The special court said that the banks had been given a clear order to freeze the accounts of the advertising accused. The investigating officer had also informed the bank about the court order.
The special court said that despite being informed, the officials of the banks failed to comply with the court order, instead of freezing the accounts, the banks gave the details of the accused’s accounts.
Moreover, the special court instructed to issue show cause notices against the bank officers in case of non-implementation of the order and said why action should not be taken against the bank officers for not following the court order, the court directed the bank officers on September 17. Summoned in a personal capacity.
The special court ordered the FIA to submit its reply to the plea of acquittal of Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza, while the ADC submitted a report on the search of properties of Sulaiman Shehbaz and Tahir Naqvi.
