PM Shehbaz Sharif disqualification: LHC fixes plea for hearing
- By Abid Khan -
- Jul 29, 2022
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) will hear Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s plea seeking disqualification of PM Shehbaz Sharif on August 1 (Monday), ARY News reported.
The plea would be heard by Justice Shujaat Ali Khan.
The plea was filed by PTI’s Andleeb Abbas and Hassan Niazi. Centre, the Principal Secretary to PM, Election Commission of Pakistan and others have been made respondents.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders in their plea have stated that PM Shehbaz is facing money laundering cases while his cabinet members during visits to London met convicted man.
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Absconder Salman Shehbaz and his wife was included in the delegation of Prime Minister that officially visited Saudi Arabia. Taking absconders on the official visit is a sheer violation of the law.
Prime Minister Shehbaz and Punjab chief minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif skipped proceedings of a money laundering case against them in an accountability court.
Shehbaz and his family are facing charges of money laundering of billions of rupees using accounts of their sugar mills and employees, according to the FIA.