LAHORE (National Times) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shehzad Akbar on Friday has said that the lawyers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif were absent from today’s hearing of money laundering case.

In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the special assistant said that PML-N leader’s lawyer Amjad Pervez has sought time from the banking court. Those who were asking for challans are now running away from the judiciary, he added.

Shahzad Akbar further asked the spokespersons of PML-N to now comment on this behavior of their leadership.

On the other hand, banking court has conducted hearing on a matter pertaining to jurisdiction of money laundering case against Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz and summoned accused and government lawyers on January 4 to record their arguments

Sources told that Amjad Pervez skipped the hearing due to his busy schedule at high court.

The written court order further mentioned that the prosecutor expressed no objection on the adjournment of the proceedings.