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The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) detained Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the former chief minister of Punjab and head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering investigation.
FIA arrests Parvez Elahi: The anti-money laundering circle of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested Pervaiz Elahi and his son Moonis Elahi on money laundering allegations just minutes after the anti-corruption court approved their bail on Tuesday.
Sources with knowledge of the situation charge both individuals with hiding substantial sums of money in five Panamanian corporations.
The FIA team arrested Pervaiz Elahi from Camp Jail Lahore.
Furthermore, An anti-corruption court in Lahore granted Elahi bail in a case involving unauthorised hiring in the Punjab Assembly.
Additionally, Special Judge Ali Raza Awan granted post-arrest bail to the former Punjab chief minister in exchange for one million rupee surety bonds.
Special Prosecutor Abdul Samad opposed Elahi’s bail during the hearing, claiming that Elahi was directly at fault in the incident.
The instance of the illegal hiring
Elahi made 12 illegal hires in the Punjab Assembly for grade 17 positions, according to information given by an ACE representative.
However, The representative claimed that they brought the candidates into the provincial legislature by falsifying the records, stating that the illegal recruitments were made through fake testing services.