PM Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File
- Maqsood died because of heart failure
- He was nominated in the case after accountability chief in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government Shehzad Akbar claimed that millions of rupees of transaction was found in his bank account
- FIA had started proceeding to declare Maqsood as proclaimed offender
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s staffer Maqsood Chaprasi who was also nominated in the money laundering case investigated by the Federal Investigation Agency mysteriously dies abroad, sources informed Bol News on Thursday.
Maqsood died because of heart failure. He was nominated in the case after accountability chief in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government Shehzad Akbar claimed that millions of rupees of transaction was found in his bank account.
FIA had started proceeding to declare Maqsood as proclaimed offender. The FIA in previous hearing on Saturday demanded custody of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Minister Punjab Hamza Shahbaz in the money laundering case.A Lahore Special Court resumed the hearing for the Rs 16 billion money-laundering case that nominated the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shahbaz.
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The court was informed that the arrest of the accused is crucial as the investigation is required to prove their role in money laundering. Prosecutor Farooq Bajwa presented before the court that the accused were not interrogated and FIA needs their custody for investigation.
On the other hand, the lawyer representing Hamza and Shehbaz while rejecting the claims maintained that the interrogations were completed when the PML-N leaders were in jail.
He said that “two were part of investigations”.
The council for the accused claimed that the investigations have been going on for the past one and a half year and FIA remained unsuccessful in producing evidence against PM Shehbaz and CM Hamza.