LAHORE: PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday slammed authorities for subjecting Nawaz Sharif and his family to a “vicious politically-motivated witch-hunt” to keep the deposed prime minister out of public life as has been claimed by the Kaveh Moussavi, chief of the asset recovery firm Broadsheet.
Giving vent to his dismay at the NAB inquiry initiated against Nawaz, Shehbaz in a tweet wrote: “Broadsheet CEO’s revelations expose politically inspired witch-hunt of Nawaz Sharif & family in the name of so-called accountability. Corruption allegations were made to keep him out of public life. Now the whole edifice of lies, deceit [and] character assassination stands demolished.”
Broadsheet CEO’s revelations expose politically inspired witch-hunt of Nawaz Sharif & family in the name of so-called accountability. Corruption allegations were made to keep him out of public life. Now the whole edifice of lies, deceit & character assassination stands demolished
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) March 22, 2022
Later, while addressing a press conference, Shehbaz said that the Broadsheet CEO has issued an “unconditional apology to Nawaz, acknowledging that they did not find a single loose corruption against him”.
“This is a tight slap on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s face …..NAB-Niazi nexus along with Shahzad Akbar tried hard to prove corruption against Nawaz Sharif; however, they failed miserably,” he said.
He said that the Imran Khan-led government ridiculed, propagandised Nawaz and the party on television; and today everybody witnessed the “drop scene.”
He added that nothing has been proved against Nawaz despite 20 years of investigation, questioning that where is the joint investigation team (JIT) that had held Nawaz accountable.
Earlier, during an interview given to The News, Moussavi extended an apology to Nawaz for blaming him for corruption.
He said that after a probe spanning 21 years, no corruption charges were proved against Nawaz or any other member of his family.
He said that he feels no hesitation in issuing an apology to the former prime minister for his being party to a scam masquerading as the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He declared the dirty money watchdog a fraud “through and through”.
Broadsheet was contracted by former president Pervez Musharraf’s government to probe corruption charges against Nawaz and his family.
ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBE:
Interestingly, Moussavi had in January last year accused Nawaz of offering a bribe to Broadsheet for abandoning the probe against his foreign assets.
In an interview, he said his firm had refused the deal offered by the person, who introduced himself as the nephew of the former premier, in 2012, saying Broadsheet did not negotiate with crooks.
The Sharif family owned assets not only in the United Kingdom but across the globe, he claimed, adding the family had to explain the resources used to amass these assets.
