Talks with TLP best option, says Shehbaz

LAHORE:

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif has stressed the need for starting a dialogue with the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to ease the situation and save lives.

“Dialogue is the best option to deal with outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as a number of lives have been wasted,” he told reporters outside the Banking Tribunal in Lahore on Saturday.

The court adjourned the hearing of the money laundering case against Shehbaz and his son Hamza Shehbaz till November 20.

Shehbaz termed the cases against him as “political victimisation.” Hamza also predicted that soon the incumbent government would end.

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Both father and son appeared before the court as their lawyer Amjad Pervaiz caught dengue. The FIA prosecutor said that multiple sections in the case did not fall under the purview of the court.

The associate lawyer informed the court that counsel would present arguments on challenging the jurisdiction.

The judge said that first submit a report about the challan as it has not been filed for a year now. Shehbaz came on the rostrum and said that they have not completed the challan in a year then how they would go to submit it in a few days. The case was adjourned till November 20.