PTI chairman urges SC to appoint monitoring judge in Sharif family’s money laundering cases

PTI Chairman Imran Khan Tuesday urged the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo moto notice of the Sharif family’s money laundering case and appoint a “monitoring judge to oversee all mega cases of politicians”.

In a tweet, the former prime minister alleged that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was “trying to interfere in his and his family's money laundering cases by altering record through friendly prosecution”.

Khan further alleged that FIA, on behest of the crime minister, has taken back challan for supplementary reference for altering it to destroy the case in toto.

The PTI chairman claimed that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to “brazenly lied” to the apex court by informing it that the “special prosecutors were laid off as they remained absent”. 

Crime Minister trying to interfere in his & his family's money laundering cases by altering record thru friendly prosecution. FIA on behest of Crime Minister has taken back challan for supplementary reference for altering it to destroy the case in toto.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) May 31, 2022

However, he added that the special prosecutors were “present on all dates before the FIA court”.

“SCP must take suo moto notice to ensure fair trial by appointing a monitoring judge to oversee all mega cases of politicians. As it is, five months have passed and FIA court has failed to frame charges. This speaks volumes for how big thieves exploit and manipulate the system,” said the PTI chairman.

In his Twitter thread, the PTI chairman also stated that the NAB amendment bill recently approved by the National Assembly was “basically” a non-reconciliation ordinance. 

He stressed that the amendments would “destroy the anti-corruption drive in Pakistan for all times to come”.

“All cases against Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari will be closed and a new round of mega corruption will commence,” Imran Khan claimed.