Jahangir Tareen, son’s bail extended in money laundering case
Hearing adjourned till May 19 SAMAA | Mohsin Bilal - Posted: May 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 hours ago SAMAA | Mohsin Bilal Posted: May 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
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A Lahore sessions court extended Monday morning the bail of PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and his son Ali Tareen in two money laundering and fraud cases.
The court instructed the Federal Investigation Agency to quickly complete the investigation against the father and son and adjourned the hearing till May 19.
The presiding judge asked the investigation officer about the progress of the investigation. The officer replied that the agency is recording statements of witnesses.
A banking court in Lahore has extended the bail of PTI leader Jahangir Tareen and his son Ali Tareen till May 3 in a money laundering case. Jahangir Tareen s lawyer told the court that the FIA sent them a summon notice at the last hour, adding that it is difficult to bring all records on a day s notice. Judge Ameer Muhammad Khan ordered the FIA to complete the investigation soon. A sessions court has approved their bail till April 22 in the fraud and money laundering cases against them. In the fraud case, Tareen is accused of transferring Rs3.14 billion to a private company Farooqi Pulp Mills Ltd in Gujrat. It claimed that the company belongs to his son-in-law and relatives.
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LAHORE: Ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s estranged leader Jahangir Khan Tareen on Saturday questioned the impartiality of a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team and called for a transparent inquiry into the allegations of fraud and money laundering against him.
“Form a fair and noncontroversial investigation team, which could meet the requirements of justice and doesn’t follow instructions [given to it] on telephone calls,” the PTI’s former secretary general demanded.
Talking to the media outside the judicial complex after appearing before two courts for pre-arrest bail proceedings in the FIRs pertaining to over Rs5 billion money laundering and fraud charges in the sugar scam, Mr Tareen said: “Hold whatever investigation and prosecution you want, but the [FIA] team dealing with the case is biased and not doing its work independently.”
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Lahore sessions and banking courts have extended the pre-arrest bail of Jahangir Tareen and Ali Tareen in the corruption cases against them.
The sessions court heard the fraud and money laundering cases against them. Tareen and his son had filed for pre-arrest bail on April 3 and it was granted to them till April 10. Today, their bail was extended till April 22.
Speaking to the media outside the court, Tareen said: Conduct an inquiry by all means. But the team carrying out the inquiry is biased. It is carrying out the investigation on someone s directions. I demand that a fair team be constituted for the investigation which is not mired in controversy and works according to the law, and not on someone s phone call.
Tareen clarified that he was not trying to escape the clutches of the law. The PTI is my party. It is our party. If we don t stay within the party, where else will we go? But right now we want justice, he said, reiterating that the investigation against him should be fair.