Money Laundering: Ayan’s lawyer allowed to amend plea

The lawyer said customs officials had unlawfully detained her for four months

LAHORE: Lahore High Court on Monday allowed model Ayan Ali’s counsel, seeking her acquittal in a money-laundering case, to amend the petition. The lawyer submitted that Customs Department officials had lodged an FIR against her for trying to smuggle $500,000 abroad. He said customs officials had unlawfully detained her for four months. He said they had been unable to prove her guilty.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 15^th, 2015.