Verdict in money laundering case against PM Shehbaz Sharif on July 20

An accountability court (AC) in Lahore on Monday reserved its verdict on the acquittal petitions filed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz in a money laundering and assets beyond sources of income case, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The court said it would pronounce the decision on July 20.

AC judge Qamaruz Zaman heard the petitions. While Amjad Pervaiz, representing both father and the son, gave arguments in the case. 

A few hours ago, 24News reported that an accountability court (AC) in Lahore had accepted the defendants’, the prime minister, Hamza and others, petition seeking early hearing of their acquittal pleas.

AC judge Qamaruz Zaman directed the petitioners’ lawyers to give arguments today.

In their pleas, the prime minister and his son Hamza Shehbaz had contended that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had filed a false and a fake case against them, and that their assets were well within their sources of income.

They went on to say that even the NAB’s supplementary report corroborated their argument.

Reporter: Jamaluddin Jamali