A money laundering case against Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) MNA Moonis Elahi was dismissed by the Lahore High Court on Monday.
The state prosecutor claimed that transactions occurred in the accounts of the defendants, including Muhammad Khan Bhatti, that benefited Moonis Elahi’s company, and the court dismissed the case despite this claim. Moonis’s involvement was supported by a no-objection certificate (NOC) that was issued to transfer company shares, among other pieces of evidence.
Amjad Parvez, the lawyer for Moonis Elahi, argued that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had already closed the investigation after looking into the situation. He also said that the anti-graft watchdog in its investigation had come to the conclusion that since the FIA had conducted a thorough investigation of all companies and no evidence was discovered, no bank, private institution, the complainant, or any individual or individual bore the loss while no harm was done to the national exchequer.
