FIA asks Hamza Shahbaz to provide money trail within 30 days

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday ordered Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hamza Shahbaz to provide a money trail of Rs 25 billion in the accounts of their peons and clerks within 30 days.

As per sources, the FIA Lahore has issued show-cause notices to the PML-N leader. Apart from Hamza. The show-cause notices were issued under the Anti-Money Laundering Act 2010.

“The process of freezing the property and accounts of Hamza Shahbaz has been started,” the sources added.

The notice stated that failure to provide a money trail within the stipulated period will result in his [Hamza Shahbaz] property being seized by the government.

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