Khadija Shah’s Petition Against FIA Money Laundering Probe Fixed for Hearing on November 16
ISLAMABAD: A significant development has emerged in the case involving fashion designer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activist Khadija Shah, as the Lahore High Court has scheduled her nearly three-year-old petition challenging an FIA money laundering inquiry for hearing.
The petition, filed by Khadija Shah, daughter of former finance minister Dr Salman Shah, will be heard on November 16 by Justice Khalid Ibn Aziz, according to the cause list issued by the Lahore High Court.
Shah had filed the petition on December 18, 2023, making the federal government, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and other relevant parties respondents.
The FIA had initiated an investigation following a complaint concerning allegedly suspicious bank transactions.
However, the petitioner maintains that the FIA received no formal complaint and that the matter involves a suo motu inquiry rather than an investigation based on a registered FIR.
In her petition, Shah has argued that the inquiry was initiated with mala fide intent and without any lawful justification.
In December 2023, the Lahore High Court had restrained the FIA from taking any action against Khadija Shah.
