ISLAMABAD: Britain-based Newspaper DailyMail has issued a news report, alleging Sharif family members of being involved in money laundering and corruption under the governance of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Citing an interview of Sharif family’s frontman Aftab Mehmood, DailyMail accused PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif of committing money laundering in Britain during the time when latter was Chief Minister of Punjab.
The report states that the British government at the time had handed over £500million to Punjab Government for victims of the Earthquake.
As per Investigation Agencies, Sharif family used this amount for money laundering.
It added that Aftab Mehmood had already confessed of the allegations, confirming that he laundered millions of dollars through Birmingham office for members of the Sharif family.
Moreover, DailyMail claimed that Shebaz’s son in law was given £1 million of the amount that British government had sent to Pakistan Government at the time (PML-N’s regime) for alleviating poverty and providing better health facilities among women.
According to probe carried out by recovery unit, sudden hikes were witnessed in the wealth of Sharif family.
A secret report revealed that Sharifs owned £0.15 million back in 2003, however, an enormous and rapid increase was witnessed in the family’s total wealth till 2018.
