While the front line leadership of PML-N is accusing Shehzad Akber of plotting the latest money-laundering story against Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, published in the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, Akber has challenged the former Prime Minister to file a lawsuit against him in Britain for defaming him.
He claimed that the British news agencies never post alleged stories without proper evidence. He further stated facts regarding the declared sources of income of Sharif family in Pakistan and their unprecedented and unjustified growth rate during the reign. “You must sue me and sue me in a London court, and in that court, I will produce evidence of every TT telegraphic transfer made by you, how kickbacks were sent from here, how money was transferred through hundi and hawala,”, he said.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar also presented a copy of pay order sent in 2002 to M/S Ali and Co. which is allegedly owned by Shehbaz Sharif’s son in law Ali Imran. He added that data from Financial Monetary Unit (FMU) shows that multiple foreign remittances were made to accounts of Sharif family which worth more than 26 million USD. “The forensic analysis of the declared assets of ‘Hamza Shehbaz’ shows that about 59 percent of his assets have been made by TTs that have been proven fake,”, he said. Earlier in a TV show, senior journalist of ARY network Arshad Sharif also exposed the TT network in detail.
To defend the criticism, former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi took the charge and said, “stop whining by holding press conferences despite being in power and take action if have any plausible evidence for their fake and planted stories”.
PML-N has claimed that they will sue the British newspaper along with Shehzad Akber and Prime Minister Imran Khan. According to sources, Sharif’s lawyer will be arranging necessary documents to proceed with the defamation case.
