Pak files money laundering case against Shahbaz GILGIT- BALTISTAN ASSEMBLY POLL ON NOV. 15

Islamabad, Sept. 24: The Pakistan government has filed a Rs 7 billion ($ 41.9 million) money laundering case against the Leader of the Opposition Shahbaz Sharif and his family.

Shahbaz, 69, is the younger brother of former premier Nawaz Sharif. He served as chief minister of Punjab from 2008 to 2018. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior and Accountability Shahzad Akbar on Wednesday said that Pakistan Muslim League ( Nawaz) PML- N President Shahbaz and his sons Hamza and Salman were involved in money laundering through fake accounts, but he ( Shahbaz) always pretended to have nothing to do with their businesses, the Dawn newspaper reported.

“The National Accountability Bureau ( NAB) has filed a case, accusing Shahbaz Sharif and his children of money laundering to the tune of over Rs 7 billion in a Lahore NAB court,” he said. Akbar said the financial monitoring unit had detected 177 suspicious transactions of Shahbaz' family after which NAB started a probe.

Islamabad, Sept. 24: Pakistan has announced that the once- postponed election for the legislative assembly of Gilgit- Baltistan will be held on Nov. 15, amidst India’s objection to Islamabad’s moves in the strategically- located region. President Dr Arif Alvi issued an official notification on Wednesday to fix the date of the elections in Gilgit- Baltistan. “The president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to announce Sunday, the 15th Nov. 2020, as the poll day for the general elections to the Gilgit- Baltistan ( GB) Legislative Assembly in terms of Section 57( 1) of the Elections Act 2017,” the statement said.

India has told Pakistan that the entire union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part of the country by virtue of its fully legal and irrevocable accession.