The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted to the court details of witnesses in money laundering case against former Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif through Ramzan Sugar Mills.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has filed a challan in the money laundering case against Shahbaz Sharif family through Ramzan Sugar Mills business and submitted a list of 100 witnesses in the court.
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The list of witnesses submitted by the FIA also includes scrap, hardware, dried fruit, sanitary store owners, scrap dealers, construction companies, dairy farms, general stores, oxygen cylinder vendors.
According to the documents, the list includes engineers, lawyers, bunkers, doctors, SECP, FIA officials, rice dealers, dental parts dealers, jewelers and property dealers.
FIA officials say all witnesses will support the FIA’s position before the court, adding that all documentary evidence of money laundering is part of the challan.
It may be recalled that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) after its investigation had named Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly and his son Hamza Shahbaz as accused in the money laundring.
During the hearing on December 13, the FIA had filed a money laundering challan of Rs 16 billion against Shahbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz in the Banking Court.
The FIA said that from 2008 to 2018, the Shahbaz Sharif family laundered money in the names of their employees through 28 anonymous bank accounts.
According to the FIA challan, Shahbaz Sharif (Punjab Chief Minister 1998) was directly involved in money laundering of US 50 5 million.
According to FIA officials, the money laundering was carried out through a fake TT in the name of Sadiqa Syed, a Bahraini woman, with the help of then Federal Minister Ishaq Dar.