ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Saturday registered a money laundering case worth Rs1.8 billion against Ijaz ul Haq, chief of PML-Z and son of former military ruler General Ziaul Haq.
The case has been registered on the orders of the Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the light of a joint investigation team’s report.
According to the case, a total 23 persons have been nominated in the case including Ijazul Haq, former MPA Ghulam Murtaza and Ghazala Shaheen.
The accused have been nominated in alleged money laundering of Rs1.8 billion, according to the FIR. The FIA had summoned former federal minister Ijazul Haq for probe into the alleged money laundering in last February.
Haq was asked to appear on February 21 at the investigation agency’s office in Faisalabad.
The former minister for religious affairs and minorities has been charged with accumulating assets beyond means. The case of Ijazul Haq was handed over to the FIA by the NAB and was investigated by a joint investigation team (JIT).
