plea seeking protective bail. The hearing will begin shortly, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Tuesday.It is pertinent to mention here that a court had declared Salman Shehbaz and Tahir Naqvi absconders in July this year in a money laundering case against them.
Pertinent to note that the National Accountability Bureau had written a letter to the UK government to hand over Salman, who was wanted by the accountability watchdog under money laundering charges and the Telegraphic Transfer scandal. An accountability court in 2019 also issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of Salman in a money laundering case. He went abroad in 2018.
The Federal Investigation Agency’s banking crime circle had claimed to have unearthed billions of rupees stashed money in the bank accounts of his employees.