(Islamabad) Nawaz Sharif offered bribe to Broadsheet for
abandoning probe against his foreign assets, Broadsheet Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) Kaveh Moussavi said. In an interview; he said the Broadsheet had flatly
refused the deal offered by a person claiming himself as the nephew of Nawaz
Sharif; in the year 2012; retorting that the Broadsheet did not negotiate with
crooks. ‘Sharif family has assets not only in the United Kingdom; but across
the globe;’ he said; adding that the Sharif family required plenty of
explanation about their resources of amassing these assets. He said the process
of accountability was continuing; but after President Musharraf left office;
his successors started hampering the process by not giving access to
information and termination of Broadsheet’s contract. Responding to a question;
he severely criticized Nawaz Sharif for claiming that Broadsheet had exonerated
the Sharifs. ‘Indeed Broadsheet did the opposite exactly;’ he said; adding that
it was a complete lie that Broadsheet exonerated the Sharif family. ‘Broadsheet
did not pursue Avenfield apartments source of buying as a Pakistani
accountability court had already contended that the apartments were bought by
the Sharifs from the stolen money. However Broadsheet was ready to investigate
money sources of Avenfield apartments if asked by the government of Pakistan;’
he said. The CEO said Nawaz Sharif was behind termination of contract with
Broadsheet which was investigating how hundreds of millions of dollars had been
stolen from Pakistan and stashed abroad. Moussavi said Musharraf tasked
Broadsheet to detect the assets of 200 people. But; after his tenure; the NAB
started asking to remove names of certain people from the list that was
refused. ‘This was the hypocrisy of then government of Pakistan;’ he said.
by: mhmaamay mhmamay
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