A banking crime court in Lahore on Friday adjourned the hearing of fake bank accounts and money laundering cases against PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz until January 4, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

There were preliminary arguments about the jurisdiction of the court after which the hearing was adjourned. The court directed the counsels to be ready for arguing the case from the next date of hearing.

Shehbaz Sharif and FIA’s lawyers will present their arguments on the court’s jurisdiction regarding the case in the next hearing.

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had earlier challenged the jurisdiction of the case.

Reporter Jamaluddin Jamali