A Pakistan court on Wednesday decided to form a larger bench to investigate money laundering allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
A petition was filed against Sharif in Lahore High Court in 1991 accusing him of laundering money out of Pakistan. The petition further said that the money was looted from national kitty and was invested in foreign countries.
After 26 years, the court decided to take up the case when Manzoor Ahmed Malik, the Lahore HC Chief Justice, formed a five-member larger bench to probe the case. The bench will be headed by Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan and will include Justice Muhammad Qasim,
Justice Ayesha A Malik, Justice Faisal Zaman and Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jafri, who had filed the petition against Sharif asked the court to bring back the money to Pakistan and take action against him. The bench would start proceedings into the case on May 8 (Friday).
The Lahore HC, last year, had summoned at least 24 politicians and notables - including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his wife Kalsoom Nawaz and son Hussain Nawaz - asking them to submit their replies to a petition demanding return of their foreign assets back to Pakistan.
A petition was filed against Sharif in Lahore High Court in 1991 accusing him of laundering money out of Pakistan. The petition further said that the money was looted from national kitty and was invested in foreign countries.
After 26 years, the court decided to take up the case when Manzoor Ahmed Malik, the Lahore HC Chief Justice, formed a five-member larger bench to probe the case. The bench will be headed by Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan and will include Justice Muhammad Qasim,
Justice Ayesha A Malik, Justice Faisal Zaman and Justice Mirza Waqas Rauf.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jafri, who had filed the petition against Sharif asked the court to bring back the money to Pakistan and take action against him. The bench would start proceedings into the case on May 8 (Friday).
The Lahore HC, last year, had summoned at least 24 politicians and notables - including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his wife Kalsoom Nawaz and son Hussain Nawaz - asking them to submit their replies to a petition demanding return of their foreign assets back to Pakistan.
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