Moonis moves LHC against FIA over money laundering case.

LAHORE -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday issued notices to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and others on a petition filed by Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leader and former federal minister Moonis Elahi for quashing a money laundering case against him.

The single bench comprising Justice Asjad Javaid Ghural heard the petition filed by the PML-Q leader. The petitioner's counsel argued before the court that the FIA had registered a case against his client on charges of money laundering in a sugar scam. He submitted that all allegations leveled against his client were baseless. He pleaded with the court for quashing the case. The court, after hearing initial...