ISLAMABAD: Expressing his satisfaction over the unconditional apology to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif by the assets recovery firm Broadsheet’s CEO Kaveh Moussavi, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif said that today is a “very important” day in the history of the country and clear slap at the face of NAB and the government.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Shahbaz said that the head of the British firm has issued an “unconditional apology to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, acknowledging that they did not find a single loose corruption against him”.
“This is a tight slap on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s face,” he said, accusing him of pushing the nation into an abyss of poverty and unemployment.
Shahbaz, who is also the leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, said Broadsheet was established during Pervaiz Musharraf’s tenure.
“…NAB-Niazi nexus along with Shahzad Akbar tried hard to prove corruption against Nawaz Sharif; however, they failed miserably,” he added.
He questioned where is the joint investigation team (JIT) held Nawaz accountable. Shahbaz reiterated that nothing has been proved despite 20 years of investigation.
The PML-N leader said that the PTI-led government ridiculed, propagandised Nawaz and the party on television; and today everybody witnessed the “drop scene.”
Shehbaz Sharif said that revelations made by Broadsheet LLC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kaveh Moussavi had exposed the “politically inspired witch-hunt of Nawaz Sharif and family in the name of so-called accountability”.
The remarks by the leader of the opposition came after Moussavi apologised to the former prime minister over bribery charges during an interview with a local news channel.
Moussavi, in an interview with a private TV channel, said that he could ‘categorically’ state after more than two decades of investigation that none of the money was related to either Nawaz or his family. He also apologised to the PML-N supremo.
“Corruption allegations were made to keep him out of public life. Now the whole edifice of lies, deceit and character assassination stands demolished,” Shehbaz added.
Broadsheet LLC arbitration decision came in 2016 – the same year when the Panama Papers had rocked Pakistan. However, nobody knew about it until a court in the UK ordered authorities to deduct $28.7 million from Pakistan High Commission’s account in London.
In January 2021, Moussavi accused the Sharif family of bribery and asserted that a man named Anjum Dar approached him in 2012 and identified himself as Nawaz Sharif’s nephew. “The man said he wanted to talk about the information we have against the Sharif family.”