Moonis Elahi reaches FIA office after registration of money-laundering case

Lahore: PML-Q leader and former federal minister Chauhdry Moonis Elahi reached the FIA office in Lahore on Wednesday after a case of money laundering was registered against him. 

Talking to reporters outside the FIA office, he said both Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz had been Rs16 billion money laundering case, but they both were on bail. "They [FIA] don't see arrests there as Shehbaz's another absconding son has a case billions of rupees on him." 

He said he had alraedy informed the FIA officials about his visit, fearing his father Pervez Elahi could be indicted and arrested in a fake case by the FIA.

Elahi said he wasn't aware how much worth of case he had been facing now, giving a challenge to interior minister Rana Sanaullah to go to any extreme.

He said that if the FIA wanted to arrest him, they should do it with enthusiasm. "I have come to their office myself."

"When we decided to go with the PTI, we knew that the Sharifs will do such things. I have already faced such revengeful actions before. We knew the true nature of Sharifs, so we did not succumb to any temptation," the PML-Q leader told reporters.

"Rana Sanaullah, do whatever you can. I stand by Imran Khan and I will stay. We are in alliance with Imran Khan, now I am ready to face retaliatory actions."

Elahi said all his assets had been declared, adding n notice or contact was made by the FIA before the case was registered.

Replying to a question, Elahi said Rana Sanaullah did not see Rs16 billion corruption of Shehbaz Sharif and his sons.

Earlier, FIA registered a case of money laundering against Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader Moonis Elahi and launched probe.

As per the official sources, the FIA Lahore's Corporate Crime Circle registered the case against Moonis Elahi on the sugar commission’s report.

The PML-Q stalwart is accused of making properties abroad by allegedly sending money through Hundi and Hawala, the FIA said.

Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, Speaker of Punjab Assembly and father of Moonis Elahi, will also be investigated in the money laundering case.

The FIA has also arrested two close associates of the secretary Punjab Assembly – Nawaz Bhatti and Mazhar Iqbal – in a case related to money laundering.