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Moonis Elahi gets interim bail in money laundering case

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LAHORE: A banking court in Lahore granted interim bail to Pakistan Muslim League (Q) leader Moonsi Elahi on Wednesday in money laundering case filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

According to details, the court has stopped FIA to arrest Moonis Elahi till July 4.

While the court has ordered Elahi to cooperate during the investigation of the case.

After the hearing, Moonis said that he has applied for bail on the advice of his lawyers.

Earlier, the agency’s corporate crime circle booked Moonis, Punjab Assembly Secretary Muhammad Khan Bhatti and six others on charges of money laundering in an alleged sugar scam.

Read more: FIA to launch money laundering probe against Moonis Elahi

Moonis is accused of sending money abroad through hundi/hawala and building properties worth billions of rupees.

It should be noted that last year, former prime minister Imran Khan had tasked the FIA to investigate the sugar crisis and find out who benefited from it.

A report by the agency has claimed that top PTI members as well as Moonis were among those who had allegedly gained from the sugar crisis.

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